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Branched Co3O4/Fe2O3 nanowires as high capacity lithium-ion battery anodes

Show Author's Information Hao Wu,  Ming Xu,  Yongcheng Wang,  Gengfeng Zheng( )
Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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lithium-ion battery, nanowire, Co3O4, α-Fe2O3, branched, Nyquist plot
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Wu H, Xu M, Wang Y, et al. Branched Co3O4/Fe2O3 nanowires as high capacity lithium-ion battery anodes. Nano Research, 2013, 6(3): 167-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0292-z
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We report a facile, two-step hydrothermal synthesis of a novel Co3O4/α-Fe2O3 branched nanowire heterostructure, which can serve as a good candidate for lithium-ion battery anodes with high Li+ storage capacity and stability. The single-crystalline, primary Co3O4 nanowire trunk arrays directly grown on Ti substrates allow for efficient electrical and ionic transport. The secondary α-Fe2O3 branches provide enhanced surface area and high theoretical Li+ storage capacity, and can also serve as volume spacers between neighboring Co3O4 NW arrays to maintain electrolyte penetration as well as reduce the aggregation during Li+ intercalation, thus leading to improved electrochemical energy storage performance.


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Branched Co3O4/Fe2O3 nanowires as high capacity lithium-ion battery anodes

Show Author's information Hao Wu, Ming Xu, Yongcheng Wang, Gengfeng Zheng( )
Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200433China

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We report a facile, two-step hydrothermal synthesis of a novel Co3O4/α-Fe2O3 branched nanowire heterostructure, which can serve as a good candidate for lithium-ion battery anodes with high Li+ storage capacity and stability. The single-crystalline, primary Co3O4 nanowire trunk arrays directly grown on Ti substrates allow for efficient electrical and ionic transport. The secondary α-Fe2O3 branches provide enhanced surface area and high theoretical Li+ storage capacity, and can also serve as volume spacers between neighboring Co3O4 NW arrays to maintain electrolyte penetration as well as reduce the aggregation during Li+ intercalation, thus leading to improved electrochemical energy storage performance.

Keywords: lithium-ion battery, nanowire, Co3O4, α-Fe2O3, branched, Nyquist plot

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Received: 18 December 2012
Revised: 03 January 2013
Accepted: 04 January 2013
Published: 21 January 2013
Issue date: March 2013

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We thank the following funding agencies for supporting this work: the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB934104), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 21071033), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-10-0357), and the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning.

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