High density mechanical energy storage with carbon nanothread bundle

Carbon nanothreads are promising for applications in mechanical energy storage and energy harvesting. Here the authors use large-scale molecular dynamics simulations and continuum elasticity theory to explore mechanical energy storage in carbon nanothreads-based bundles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haifei Zhan, Gang Zhang, John M. Bell, Vincent B. C. Tan, Yuantong Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15807-7