The use of well-aligned composite nanorod arrays as anode material for lithium rechargeable batteries

In this work, the electrodilatometric analysis is also accomplished to measure the volumetric changes occurred upon cycling of the well-aligned nanorods containing thin film anode, and the difference in the electrochemical performances of the composite films resulting from different substrate position versus crucible is evaluated based on the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis on the cycled samples.