METAL-GRAPHITE COMPOSITS AS MATERIALS FOR ELECTRODES OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

Abstract

Carbonaceous materials such as graphite, hard carbon, pyrolytic carbon and nanotubes have been extensively investigated as anode materials for Li-ion batteries. Among many types of carbon anodes that have been reported, several types of carbon materials exhibit superior performance from the point of view of reversible capacity and cyclic efficiency of the lithium-ion batteries. These carbon and graphite materials possess different microstructure, texture, crystallinity and morphology.