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Nanoscale. 2016 Feb 21;8(7):4121-6. doi: 10.1039/c5nr07996a.

Carbon coated SnO2 nanoparticles anchored on CNT as a superior anode material for lithium-ion batteries.

Nanoscale

Chunrong Ma, Weimin Zhang, Yu-Shi He, Qiang Gong, Haiying Che, Zi-Feng Ma

Affiliations

  1. Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. [email protected] [email protected].
  2. Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. [email protected] [email protected] and Sinopoly Battery Research Centre, Shanghai, 200241, China.
  3. School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.

PMID: 26866581 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr07996a

Abstract

Hierarchically structured carbon coated SnO2 nanoparticles well-anchored on the surface of a CNT (C-SnO2/CNT) material were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal process and subsequent carbonization. The as-obtained C-SnO2/CNT hybrid, when applied as an anode material for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), showed a high reversible capacity up to 1572 mA h g(-1) at 200 mA g(-1) with a superior rate capability (685 mA h g(-1) at 4000 mA g(-1)). Even after 100 charge/discharge cycles at 1000 mA g(-1), a specific capacity of 1100 mA h g(-1) can still be maintained. Such impressive electrochemical performance can be mainly attributed to the hierarchical sandwiched structure and strong synergistic effects of the ultrafine SnO2 nanoparticles and the carbon coating, and thus presents this material a promising anode material for LIBs.

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