SU-8/MWCNT derived Electrospun Composite Carbon Nanofabric as a High Performance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery

Kakunuri, M and Kaushik, S and Saini, A and Sharma, Chandra Shekhar (2016) SU-8/MWCNT derived Electrospun Composite Carbon Nanofabric as a High Performance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery. ECS Transactions, 72 (1). pp. 69-74. ISSN 1938-6737

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Abstract

SU-8, an epoxy based negative photoresist was electrospun with a fixed amount of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) added into it to form the long, uniform, and bead-free fibers. These composite electrospun fibers were then subjected to pyrolysis in inert atmosphere at 1173 K to yield carbon nanofibers with enhanced crystallinity as revealed by structural characterization. Although the morphology of the nanofibers before and after pyrolysis was found to be largely unaffected however there was a shrinkage of nearly 32% in the average fiber diameter upon pyrolysis. As-synthesized electrospun composite carbon nanofibers were then tested directly without adding a binder for their electrochemical performance as anode for lithium ion battery. A significantly higher reversible capacity of 1320 mAh/g was observed at 0.1 C-rate with excellent initial efficiency of 54%. Similarly at high C-rates also, electrochemical performance was found to be excellent primarily due to enhanced crystallinity with the addition of MWCNT and entangled morphology of electrospun carbon nanofibers.

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Sharma, Chandra ShekharUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: multiwall carbon nanotubes, bead-free fibers, crystallinity
Subjects: Chemical Engineering > Biochemical Engineering
Divisions: Department of Chemical Engineering
Depositing User: Library Staff
Date Deposited: 24 May 2016 08:46
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2019 05:27
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/2407
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/07201.0069ecst
OA policy: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1938-5862/
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