Cotton-Textile-Enabled, Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries with Enhanced Capacity and Extended Lifespan

Zan Gao; Ningning Song; Yunya Zhang; Xiaodong Li

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03698

Cotton-Textile-Enabled, Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries with Enhanced Capacity and Extended Lifespan

Nano Lett. 2015 Dec 9;15(12):8194-203. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03698. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

Authors

Zan Gao¹, Ningning Song¹, Yunya Zhang¹, Xiaodong Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia , 122 Engineer's Way, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4746, United States.

PMID: 26588035
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03698

Abstract

Activated cotton textile (ACT) with porous tubular fibers embedded with NiS2 nanobowls and wrapped with conductive graphene sheets (ACT/NiS2-graphene) was fabricated by a simple two-step heat treatment method. When used as a binder-free electrode, the ACT/NiS2-graphene electrode exhibited an exceptional electrochemical performance including ultrahigh initial discharge capacity (∼1710 mAh g(-1) at 0.01 C), magnificent rate performance (the discharge capacitance retained at ∼645 mAh g(-1) at 1 C after 100 cycles) and excellent cyclic stability (the discharge capacitance recovered to ∼1016 mAh g(-1) at 0.1 C after 400 cycles).

Keywords: flexible power source; graphene; lithium-ion battery; nanostructure; nickel sulfide.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Electric Power Supplies*
Gossypium*
Lithium / chemistry*
Textile Industry*

Substances

Lithium