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Three-dimensional porous graphene-metal oxide composite microspheres: Preparation and application in Li-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Seung Ho Choi1,  Jung-Kul Lee2( ),  Yun Chan Kang1( )
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713Republic of Korea
Department of Chemical EngineeringKonkuk University, 1 Hwayang-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, 143-701Republic of Korea
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graphene, nanostructures, batteries, metal oxide, electrode material
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Choi SH, Lee J-K, Kang YC. Three-dimensional porous graphene-metal oxide composite microspheres: Preparation and application in Li-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2015, 8(5): 1584-1594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0646-1
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The use of new three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene-metal oxide composite microspheres as an anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) is first introduced here. 3D graphene microspheres are aggregates of individual hollow graphene nanospheres composed of graphene sheets. Metal oxide nanocrystals are uniformly distributed over the graphene surface of the microspheres. The 3D porous graphene-SnO2 microspheres are selected as the first target material for investigation because of their superior electrochemical properties. The 3D porous graphene-SnO2 and graphene microspheres and bare SnO2 powders deliver discharge capacities of 1, 009, 196, and 52 mAh·g-1, respectively, after 500 cycles at a current density of 2 A·g-1. The 3D porous graphene-SnO2 microspheres exhibit uniquely low charge transfer resistances and high Li-ion diffusivities before and after cycling.


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Three-dimensional porous graphene-metal oxide composite microspheres: Preparation and application in Li-ion batteries

Show Author's information Seung Ho Choi1, Jung-Kul Lee2( ), Yun Chan Kang1( )
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713Republic of Korea
Department of Chemical EngineeringKonkuk University, 1 Hwayang-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, 143-701Republic of Korea

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The use of new three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene-metal oxide composite microspheres as an anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) is first introduced here. 3D graphene microspheres are aggregates of individual hollow graphene nanospheres composed of graphene sheets. Metal oxide nanocrystals are uniformly distributed over the graphene surface of the microspheres. The 3D porous graphene-SnO2 microspheres are selected as the first target material for investigation because of their superior electrochemical properties. The 3D porous graphene-SnO2 and graphene microspheres and bare SnO2 powders deliver discharge capacities of 1, 009, 196, and 52 mAh·g-1, respectively, after 500 cycles at a current density of 2 A·g-1. The 3D porous graphene-SnO2 microspheres exhibit uniquely low charge transfer resistances and high Li-ion diffusivities before and after cycling.

Keywords: graphene, nanostructures, batteries, metal oxide, electrode material

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Received: 09 September 2014
Revised: 03 November 2014
Accepted: 19 November 2014
Published: 27 January 2015
Issue date: May 2015

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2012R1A2A2A02046367). This work was supported by the Energy Efficiency & Resources Core Technology Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (201320200000420).

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