Evolution of disposable bamboo chopsticks into uniform carbon fibers : a smart strategy to fabricate sustainable anodes for Li-ion batteries

• Main Authors: Zhu, Jianhui, Jiang, Jian, Ai, Wei, Fan, Zhanxi, Shen, Xiaonan, Zou, Chenji, Liu, Jinping, Zhang, Hua, Yu, Ting
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ecomaterials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103540; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24528
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Future development of mini consumer electronics or large electric vehicles/power grids requires Li-ion batteries (LIBs) with not only an outstanding energy-storage performance but also a minimum cost, and the foremost sustainability. Herein, we put forward a smart strategy to convert used disposable...