TY - JOUR
AU - Sharma, Ashutosh
AB - Keywords Waste tire recycling · Tire-derived carbon · Pyrolytic char · KOH activation · Low-cost anode · Disordered carbons Waste tires, which are hazardous in nature and pose seri- 1 Introduction ous threat to public health, safety, and environment, consti- tute an abundant and low-cost source of hard carbons which Currently, lithium ion batteries dominate the field of port- with further upgradation can be potential anodes for high- able electronics and efforts are being made to expand its capacity Li-ion batteries [15]. According to the estimates, application to include plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by around a billion End-of-Life Tires (ELTs) are generated each developing new electrode materials that are cheap and can year globally, whereas an approximate four billion more are durably deliver high energy and power densities. Despite held in stockpiles and landfills due to lack of end-use mar - having desirable attributes like good cycling stability and kets [16]. The stockpiled scrap tires not only occupy signifi- low hysteresis, the commercial graphite anode due to its −1 cant land space but are also non-biodegradable, inflamma - low theoretical capacity (372 mAh g ) is not appropriate in ble, and provide breeding ground for disease causing insects meeting the high energy demands of the 
TI - Morphologically tailored activated carbon derived from waste tires as high-performance anode for Li-ion battery
JF - Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
DO - 10.1007/s10800-017-1129-3
DA - 2017-12-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/morphologically-tailored-activated-carbon-derived-from-waste-tires-as-ovdVCg5ZgU
SP - 1
EP - 13
VL - 48
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -