Bio-inspired fabrication of carbon nanotiles for high performance cathode of Li–S batteries

• Published in: Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Vol. 2; no. 7; pp. 2290 - 2296
• Main Authors: Tao, Xinyong, Zhang, Jiatao, Xia, Yang, Huang, Hui, Du, Jun, Xiao, Han, Zhang, Wenkui, Gan, Yongping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2014
• Subjects: carbon; carbonization; catalytic activity; cathodes; electronics; kapok; lithium; lithium batteries; microstructure; sulfur

Learning from biological materials with complex, optimized and hierarchical morphologies and microstructures has become one of the hottest subjects in material design. Herein, we report a bio-inspired fabrication of fish scale-like carbon nanotiles, which were synthesized by a facile carbonization a...