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SnO2/Graphene Composite with High Lithium Storage Capability for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

Show Author's Information Haegyeom Kim1,  Sung-Wook Kim2,  Young-Uk Park2,  Hyeokjo Gwon2,  Dong-Hwa Seo2,  Yuhee Kim4,  Kisuk Kang1,2,3( )
Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 GwahangnoYuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, 335 GwahangnoYuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea
KAIST Institute for Eco-energy, Nanocentury, KAIST, 335 GwahangnoYuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Wolsong-gil 5Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791 Republic of Korea
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Graphene, nanocomposite, lithium, SnO2, rechargeable batteries, surface charge
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SnO2/graphene nanocomposites have been fabricated by a simple chemical method. In the fabrication process, the control of surface charge causes echinoid-like SnO2 nanoparticles to be formed and uniformly decorated on the graphene. The electrostatic attraction between a graphene nanosheet (GNS) and the echinoid-like SnO2 particles under controlled pH creates a unique nanostructure in which extremely small SnO2 particles are uniformly dispersed on the GNS. The SnO2/graphene nanocomposite has been shown to perform as a high capacity anode with good cycling behavior in lithium rechargeable batteries. The anode retained a reversible capacity of 634 mA·h·g-1 with a coulombic efficiency of 98% after 50 cycles. The high reversibility can be attributed to the mechanical buffering by the GNS against the large volume change of SnO2 during delithiation/lithiation reactions. Furthermore, the power capability is significantly enhanced due to the nanostructure, which enables facile electron transport through the GNS and fast delithiation/lithiation reactions within the echinoid-like nano-SnO2. The route suggested here for the fabrication of SnO2/graphene hybrid materials is a simple economical route for the preparation of other graphene-based hybrid materials which can be employed in many different fields.


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SnO2/Graphene Composite with High Lithium Storage Capability for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

Show Author's information Haegyeom Kim1, Sung-Wook Kim2, Young-Uk Park2, Hyeokjo Gwon2, Dong-Hwa Seo2, Yuhee Kim4, Kisuk Kang1,2,3( )
Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 GwahangnoYuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, 335 GwahangnoYuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea
KAIST Institute for Eco-energy, Nanocentury, KAIST, 335 GwahangnoYuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Wolsong-gil 5Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791 Republic of Korea

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SnO2/graphene nanocomposites have been fabricated by a simple chemical method. In the fabrication process, the control of surface charge causes echinoid-like SnO2 nanoparticles to be formed and uniformly decorated on the graphene. The electrostatic attraction between a graphene nanosheet (GNS) and the echinoid-like SnO2 particles under controlled pH creates a unique nanostructure in which extremely small SnO2 particles are uniformly dispersed on the GNS. The SnO2/graphene nanocomposite has been shown to perform as a high capacity anode with good cycling behavior in lithium rechargeable batteries. The anode retained a reversible capacity of 634 mA·h·g-1 with a coulombic efficiency of 98% after 50 cycles. The high reversibility can be attributed to the mechanical buffering by the GNS against the large volume change of SnO2 during delithiation/lithiation reactions. Furthermore, the power capability is significantly enhanced due to the nanostructure, which enables facile electron transport through the GNS and fast delithiation/lithiation reactions within the echinoid-like nano-SnO2. The route suggested here for the fabrication of SnO2/graphene hybrid materials is a simple economical route for the preparation of other graphene-based hybrid materials which can be employed in many different fields.

Keywords: Graphene, nanocomposite, lithium, SnO2, rechargeable batteries, surface charge

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Received: 03 August 2010
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Accepted: 20 September 2010
Published: 29 October 2010
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This work was supported by a grant from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) (WCU program, No. 31-2008-000-10055-0) and a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (No. NRF-2009-0094219) funded by the Ministry of Education and Science and Technology (MEST) and the Energy Resources Technology R&D program (No. 20092020100040) under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

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