A carpet of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) extends from a conductive substrate. The CNTs are bundled, and the bundles are bonded to the substrate to create low-resistance connections. A polymeric adhesive around the bases of the bundles binds the CNTs to the substrate without interfering with the…

Described is a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell in which the anode and the cathode are each equipped with a respective solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that inhibits lithium side reactions. On the cathode side, the SEI layer inhibits the shuttle effect by retaining soluble polysulfides…

A structure for electrochemical cells includes a conductive sheet, a layer of conductive nanomaterial, such as carbon nanotubes, on the sheet's surface, and a dry, ionically conductive adhesive, comprising a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), binding the nanomaterial. A method forms the structure…

Described are active materials for storing metal cations, such as lithium ions, in a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The active materials comprise an ordered mixture of sulfurized carbon (SC) particles, smaller ionically conductive particles, and still smaller electrically conductive particles…

Described is a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell in which the anode and the cathode are each equipped with a respective solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that inhibits lithium side reactions. On the cathode side, the SEI layer inhibits the shuttle effect by retaining soluble polysulfides…

A cathode active surface includes a conductive framework of tangled nanofibers with lumps of amorphous carbon-sulfur distributed within them. The amorphous carbon-sulfur lumps are of carbon bonded to sulfur via carbon-sulfur chemical bonds and to the nanofibers via chemical bonds. The strength of…