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Interfacial studies in CNT fibre/TiO photoelectrodes for efficient H production
Alicia Moya, Mariam Barawi, Belén Alemán +6
An attractive class of materials for photo(electro)chemical reactions are hybrids based on semiconducting metal oxides and nanocarbons (e.g. carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphene), wher…
Carbon nanotube synthesis and spinning as macroscopic fibers assisted by the ceramic reactor tube
X. Rodiles, V. Reguero, M. Vila +5
Macroscopic fibers of carbon nanotubes (CNT) have emerged as an ideal architecture to exploit the exceptional properties of CNT building blocks in applications ranging from energy…
Revealing the Mechanism of Electrochemical Lithiation of Carbon Nanotube Fibers
Nicola Boaretto, Moumita Rana, Rebeca Marcilla +1
Fabrics of continuous fibers of carbon nanotubes (CNTFs) are attractive materials for multifunctional energy storage devices, either as current collector, or as active material. De…
Damage-tolerant, laminated structural supercapacitor composites enabled by integration of carbon nanotube fibres
Moumita Rana, Yunfu Ou, Chenchen Meng +3
A natural embodiment for multifunctional materials combining energy-storing capabilities and structural mechanical properties are layered structures, similar to both laminate struc…
Controlled electrochemical functionalization of CNT fibers: structure-chemistry relations and application in current collector-free all-solid supercapacitors
Evgeny Senokosa, Moumita Ranaa, Cleis Santosa +2
Chemical functionalization of nanocarbons is an important strategy to produce electrochemical systems with higher energy/power density by generating surface functional groups with…
High Rate Hybrid MnO2@CNT Fabric Anode for Li-Ion Batteries: Properties and Lithium Storage Mechanism by In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering
Moumita Rana, Venkata Sai Avvaru, Nicola Boaretto +4
High-performance anodes for rechargeable Li-ion battery are produced by nanostructuring of the transition metal oxides on a conductive support. Here, we demonstrate a hybrid materi…
Understanding cooperative loading in carbon nanotube fibres through in-situ structural studies during stretching
J. C. Fernández-Toribio, A. Mikhalchan, C. Santos +2
Carbon nanotube (CNT) fibres are firmly established as a new high-performance fibre, but their tensile mechanical properties remain a relatively small fraction of those of the cons…
A Perspective on High-performance CNT fibres for Structural Composites
A. Mikhalchan, J. J. Vilatela
This review summarizes progress on structural composites with carbon nanotube fibres. It starts by analyzing their development towards a macroscopic ensemble of elongated and align…
A Route to High-Toughness Battery Electrodes
N. Boaretto, J. Almenara, A. Mikhalchan +2
There is increasing interest in materials that combine energy-storing functions with augmented mechanical properties, ranging from flexibility in bending to stretchability to struc…