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

Zdanowska, Sandra; Pyzalska, Magdalena; Drabowicz, Józef; Kulawik, Damian; Pavlyuk, Volodymyr; Girek, Tomasz; Ciesielski, Wojciech

doi:10.1515/pjct-2016-0066

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.

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

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