Nanocomposites based on vegetable and mineral raw materials

Abstract

Two nanocomposite systems-amorphous carbon + nanoparticulate silicon and nanofibrous carbon + nanoparticulate tungsten-have been fabricated from vegetable and mineral raw materials: sphag num moss, field horsetail, and scheelite. We examine the possibility of using the nanocomposite systems as anode electrodes of lithium ion polymer batteries.