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Cover Picture: Direct Growth of Flexible Carbon Nanotube Electrodes (Adv. Mater. 3/2008)
Author(s) -
Chen J.,
Minett A. I.,
Liu Y.,
Lynam C.,
Sherrell P.,
Wang C.,
Wallace G. G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200890007
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , electrode , nanotechnology , fabrication , carbon fibers , cover (algebra) , layer (electronics) , battery (electricity) , composite material , composite number , medicine , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , chemistry , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , engineering
Entangled networks of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) integrated into a highly conducting carbon layer can be grown on a range of substrates including glassy carbon and metal foils. On p. 566, Gordon Wallace and co‐workers report the fabrication of a continuous flexible CNT electrode with high surface area and conductivity. The electrode demonstrates a stable battery capacity of 572 mAh g –1 . This discovery provides a direct route for the generation of large‐scale flexible CNT electrode materials.