Electrospun Carbon Fibers Replace Metals as a Current Collector in Supercapacitors

Electrospun carbon nanofibers surface-grafted with vapor-grown carbon nanotubes as hierarchical electrodes for supercapacitors

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Carbon nanotubes may replace metals in electronic applications

Telling about the yet another tantalizing property of CNTs that his research has revealed, Basarn says: 'It has been assumed that for carbon nanotubes, the electrical heating process would be governed by Joules law, where resistance in a circuit converts electric energy into heat. We are the first to show mathematically, from a quantum mechanics point of view, that carbon nanotubes do not follo...

A Review of Electrospun Carbon Fibers as Electrode Materials for Energy Storage

The applications of electrospun carbon fiber webs to the development of energy storages devices, including both supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries (LIB), are reviewed. Following a brief discussion of the fabrication process and characterization methods for ultrafine electrospun carbon fibers, recent advances in their performance as supercapacitors and LIBs anode materials are summarized....

Mechanical and electrical properties of electrospun PVDF/MWCNT ultrafine fibers using rotating collector

UNLABELLED Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) ultrafine fibers with different proportions of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) embedded have been fabricated using a modified electrospinning device with a rotating collector. With the increasing of MWCNT content, the β phase was noticeable enhanced, and the fibers became more elastic, which was manifested by Young's modulus decreased drastically...

A porous silicon–carbon anode with high overall capacity on carbon fiber current collector