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To investigate the electrochemical effects of encapsulating the organic active polymer PTMA inside carbon nanotubes for sodium battery applications.

November 10, 2015Energy & Environmental Science

Encapsulation of organic active materials in carbon nanotubes for application to high-electrochemical-performance sodium batteries

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To investigate the electrochemical effects of encapsulating the organic active polymer PTMA inside carbon nanotubes for sodium battery applications.
Fabricated sodium battery electrodes by impregnating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with organic PTMA material.
Evaluated the electrochemical discharge capacity, rate capability, and cycle life of the composite electrode in sodium cells.
PTMA-impregnated CNT electrodes demonstrated qualitative enhancement in total sodium battery discharge capacity.
The carbon nanotube encapsulation improved battery cycleability and high-rate electrochemical performance over repeated charge-discharge cycles.

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Laboratory experiment demonstrates enhanced discharge capacity, cyclability, and rate capability in sodium batteries using PTMA-impregnated carbon nanotubes, highlighting viable organic energy...

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A PTMA-impregnated CNT electrode achieves the enhancement of discharge capacity, cycleability and rate capability of sodium batteries.

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Kim et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e1481a73d2bbd124b96f3b https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ee02806j

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Laboratory experiment demonstrates enhanced discharge capacity, cyclability, and rate capability in sodium batteries using PTMA-impregnated carbon nanotubes, highlighting viable organic energy...

Abstract

A PTMA-impregnated CNT electrode achieves the enhancement of discharge capacity, cycleability and rate capability of sodium batteries.

Encapsulation of organic active materials in carbon nanotubes for application to high-electrochemical-performance sodium batteries

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