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Nano Research 2015, 8(2): 321-339 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0589-6
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Designed synthesis of cobalt-oxide-based nanomaterials for superior electrochemical energy storage devices

Show Author's Information Hua-Jun Qiu,  Li Liu,  Yan-Ping Mu,  Hui-Juan Zhang,  Yu Wang( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringChongqing UniversityChongqing400044China
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Cobalt oxides, such as Co3O4 and CoO, have received increasing attention as potential anode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their high theoretical capacity. Nanostructure engineering has been demonstrated as an effective approach to improve the electrochemical performance of electrode materials for LIBs. In this review, we summarize recent developments in the rational design and fabrication of various cobalt oxide-based nanomaterials and their lithium storage performance, including 1D nanowires/belts, 2D nanosheets, 3D hollow/hierarchical structures, hybrid nanostructures with carbon (amorphous carbon, carbon nanotubes and graphene) and mixed metal oxides. By focusing on the effects of their structure on their electrochemical performance, effective strategies for the fabrication of cobalt oxide/carbon hybrid nanostructures are highlighted. This review shows that by rational design, such cobalt-oxide-based nanomaterials are very promising as next generation LIB anodes.


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Designed synthesis of cobalt-oxide-based nanomaterials for superior electrochemical energy storage devices

Show Author's information Hua-Jun Qiu, Li Liu, Yan-Ping Mu, Hui-Juan Zhang, Yu Wang( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringChongqing UniversityChongqing400044China

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Cobalt oxides, such as Co3O4 and CoO, have received increasing attention as potential anode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their high theoretical capacity. Nanostructure engineering has been demonstrated as an effective approach to improve the electrochemical performance of electrode materials for LIBs. In this review, we summarize recent developments in the rational design and fabrication of various cobalt oxide-based nanomaterials and their lithium storage performance, including 1D nanowires/belts, 2D nanosheets, 3D hollow/hierarchical structures, hybrid nanostructures with carbon (amorphous carbon, carbon nanotubes and graphene) and mixed metal oxides. By focusing on the effects of their structure on their electrochemical performance, effective strategies for the fabrication of cobalt oxide/carbon hybrid nanostructures are highlighted. This review shows that by rational design, such cobalt-oxide-based nanomaterials are very promising as next generation LIB anodes.

Keywords: graphene, lithium ion battery, hybrid, anodes, peapod structure

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Publication history

Received: 23 August 2014
Revised: 15 September 2014
Accepted: 16 September 2014
Published: 28 October 2014
Issue date: February 2015

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© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the Thousand Young Talents Program of the Chinese Central Government (Grant No. 0220002102003), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos. 21373280, 21403019), the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) and the Hundred Talents Program at Chongqing University (Grant No. 0903005203205).

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