Abstract
Lithium-ion battery technology has become very imperative in recent years as these batteries show great promise as power sources in portable electric appliances and vehicles. The development of new materials for lithium-ion batteries is the focus of research in prominent groups in the field of materials science throughout the world. On the other hand, electrospinning is appealing attracting close attention as a versatile fabrication method for one-dimensional organic, inorganic, and hybrid nanomaterials of controlled dimensions as random or oriented continuous nanofibers. The controllable dimensions and compositional flexibility of electrospun nanofibers are increasingly being investigated for the targeted development of electrodes and electrolyte materials in energy conversion and storage devices. We present here a review on the application of electrospinning for the design and fabrication of architectured, nanofibrous materials for electrodes of lithium-ion batteries with particular emphasis on improved energy and power density imparted by performance improvement via better ionic conductivity, cyclability, reversibility, and electrochemical stability of electrospun electrode for lithium-ion batteries.
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This work is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2011CB606103 and 2012CB525005), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51173022, U1232116, and 51273038), the Shanghai Nano Special Projects (11Â nm0502900), the Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology (No. 12JC1400101), the Huo Yingdong Foundation (131070), and the Program for New Century Talents of the University in China.
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Raza, A., Yu, J., Zhai, Y., Sun, G., Ding, B. (2014). Applications of Electrospinning in Design and Fabrication of Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. In: Ding, B., Yu, J. (eds) Electrospun Nanofibers for Energy and Environmental Applications. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54160-5_3
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