James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and postdoctoral research associate Rodrigo Salvatierra are quoted about a study that determined carbon nanotube films may extend the life of lithium batteries.

“What we’ve done turns out to be really easy,” said James Tour, a chemist at Rice. “You just coat a lithium metal foil with a multiwalled carbon nanotube film. The lithium dopes the nanotube film, which turns from black to red, and the film in turn diffuses the lithium ions.”

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