<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This paper concentrates on electrochemical properties of groups of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) functionalized with substituents containing a stereogenic heteroatom bonded covalently to the surface of the carbon nanotube. This system was tested in Swagelok-type cells. The cells comprised a system (functionalized CNT with salts containing S and P atoms) with a working electrode, microfiber separators soaked with electrolyte solution, and a lithium foil counter/reference (commercial LiCoO2) electrode. The electrolyte solution was 1 M LiPF6 in propylene carbonate. Using standard techniques (cyclic voltammetry/chronopotentiometry), galvanostatic cycling was performed on the cells at room temperature with a CH Instruments Model 600E potentiostat/galvanostat electrochemical measurements. Methods of functionalization CNT were compared in terms of the electrochemical properties of the studied systems. In all systems, the process of charge/discharge was observed.</abstract>

This paper concentrates on electrochemical properties of groups of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) functionalized with substituents containing a stereogenic heteroatom bonded covalently to the surface of the carbon nanotube. This system was tested in Swagelok-type cells. The cells comprised a system (functionalized CNT with salts containing S and P atoms) with a working electrode, microfiber separators soaked with electrolyte solution, and a lithium foil counter/reference (commercial LiCoO2) electrode. The electrolyte solution was 1 M LiPF6 in propylene carbonate. Using standard techniques (cyclic voltammetry/chronopotentiometry), galvanostatic cycling was performed on the cells at room temperature with a CH Instruments Model 600E potentiostat/galvanostat electrochemical measurements. Methods of functionalization CNT were compared in terms of the electrochemical properties of the studied systems. In all systems, the process of charge/discharge was observed.

Carbon nanotubes functionalized by salts containing stereogenic heteroatoms as electrodes in their battery cells

Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-201 Czestochowa,

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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This paper concentrates on electrochemical properties of groups of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) functionalized with substituents containing a...

Carbon nanotubes functionalized by salts containing stereogenic heteroatoms as electrodes in their battery cells

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 22 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0066

Keywords
multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), battery, bromination, charge transfer, X-ray spectroscopy, electronic structure

© 2016 Sandra Zdanowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Carbon nanotubes functionalized by salts containing stereogenic heteroatoms as electrodes in their battery cells

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 22 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0066

Keywordsmulti-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), battery, bromination, charge transfer, X-ray spectroscopy, electronic structure

© 2016 Sandra Zdanowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), battery, bromination, charge transfer, X-ray spectroscopy, electronic structure