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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Jan 22;6(2):1243-50. doi: 10.1021/am405061c. Epub 2014 Jan 07.

Morphology-dependent performance of CuO anodes via facile and controllable synthesis for lithium-ion batteries.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Chen Wang, Qing Li, Fangfang Wang, Guofeng Xia, Ruiqing Liu, Deyu Li, Ning Li, Jacob S Spendelow, Gang Wu

Affiliations

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, China.

PMID: 24377276 DOI: 10.1021/am405061c

Abstract

Nanostructured CuO anode materials with controllable morphologies have been successfully synthesized via a facile and environmentally friendly approach in the absence of any toxic surfactants or templates. In particular, leaf-like CuO, oatmeal-like CuO, and hollow-spherical CuO were obtained by changing the ligand agents. The structures and electrochemical performance of these as-prepared CuO were fully characterized by various techniques, and the properties were found to be strongly dependent on morphology. As anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, the leaf-like CuO and oatmeal-like CuO electrodes exhibit relatively high reversible capacities, whereas hollow-spherical CuO shows enhanced reversible capacity after initial degradation. Furthermore, an excellent high rate capability was obtained for the leaf-like CuO and hollow-spherical CuO electrodes. These results may provide valuable insights for the development of nanostructured anodes for next-generation high-performance lithium-ion batteries.

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