Ma ke ʻano he ʻano mea kalapona hou me ka hoʻolālā kūikawā, nā nanotubes (CNTs) maikaʻi loa nā waiwai mechanical a me ka electrochemical a ua hoʻohuli ʻia i ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole.

I ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pākahi lithium, i ka wā i hoʻohana ʻia ai nā nanotubes carbon e like me nā mea hoʻokele conductive, ʻaʻole hiki i kā lākou ʻōnaehana ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa ke hoʻopili pono i nā mea ʻoi aku ka ikaika, akā hiki i kā lākou conductivity uila maikaʻi loa ke hōʻemi i ka impedance.Eia kekahi, ʻo nā nanotubes kalapona me kahi lākiō hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻāpana kikoʻī.Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea hana conductive kuʻuna, pono nā CNT i kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻohui e hana i kahi ʻoihana conductive kiʻekiʻe ʻekolu-dimensional pono i ka electrode a hoʻokō i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka ikehu puʻupuʻu.