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SnO2–reduced graphene oxide nanoribbons as anodes for lithium ion batteries with enhanced cycling stability

Lei Li1,§, Anton Kovalchuk1,§, James M. Tour1,2,3( )
Department of ChemistryRice University6100 Main StreetHoustonTexas77005USA
Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyRice University6100 Main StreetHoustonTexas77005USA
Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineeringRice University6100 Main StreetHoustonTexas77005USA

§The authors contributed equally to this work.

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A nanocomposite material of SnO2-reduced graphene oxide nanoribbons has been developed. In this composite, the reduced graphene oxide nanoribbons are uniformly coated by nanosized SnO2 that formed a thin layer of SnO2 on the surface. When used as anodes in lithium ion batteries, the composite shows outstanding electrochemical performance with the high reversible discharge capacity of 1, 027 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g after 165 cycles and 640 mAh/g at 3.0 A/g after 160 cycles with current rates varying from 0.1 to 3.0 A/g and no capacity decay after 600 cycles compared to the second cycle at a current density of 1.0 A/g. The high reversible capacity, good rate performance and excellent cycling stability of the composite are due to the synergistic combination of electrically conductive reduced graphene oxide nanoribbons and SnO2. The method developed here is practical for the large-scale development of anode materials for lithium ion batteries.

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energy storagetin oxidelithium ion batterygraphene oxide nanoribbons

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Nano Research
Volume 7 Issue 9,
September 2014
Pages 1319-1326
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0496-x
Cite this article:
Li L, Kovalchuk A, Tour JM. SnO2–reduced graphene oxide nanoribbons as anodes for lithium ion batteries with enhanced cycling stability. Nano Research, 2014, 7(9): 1319-1326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0496-x

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Received: 26 March 2014
Revised: 08 May 2014
Accepted: 12 May 2014
Published: 17 July 2014
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer‐Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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