Carbon-Coated Germanium Nanowires on Carbon Nanofibers as Self-Supported Electrodes for Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries

Weihan Li; Minsi Li; Zhenzhong Yang; Jun Xu; Xiongwu Zhong; Jiaqing Wang; Linchao Zeng; Xiaowu Liu; Yu Jiang; Xiang Wei; Lin Gu; Yan Yu

doi:10.1002/smll.201403533

Carbon-Coated Germanium Nanowires on Carbon Nanofibers as Self-Supported Electrodes for Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries

Small. 2015 Jun;11(23):2762-7. doi: 10.1002/smll.201403533. Epub 2015 Feb 2.

Authors

Weihan Li¹, Minsi Li¹, Zhenzhong Yang², Jun Xu¹, Xiongwu Zhong¹, Jiaqing Wang¹, Linchao Zeng¹, Xiaowu Liu¹, Yu Jiang¹, Xiang Wei¹, Lin Gu², Yan Yu¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei, 230026, P.R. China.
² Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, The Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China.

PMID: 25644610
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403533

Abstract

A hybrid structure with carbon-coated germanium nanowires grown on the surface of carbon nanofibers is fabricated using an in situ vapor-liquid-solid process. It is used as a self-supported and flexible anode for Li-ion batteries.

Keywords: anodes; carbon coatings; germanium; lithium-ion batteries; nanowires.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't