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Porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles converted from core/shell nanoparticles

Show Author's Information Jaewon Lee2,  Huazhang Zhu3,  Gautam Ganapati Yadav2,†,  James Caruthers2,  Yue Wu1,3( )
School of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringShanghai Institute of TechnologyShanghai200235China
School of Chemical EngineeringPurdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West LafayetteIN47907USA
Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringIowa State University, Sweeney Hall, AmesIA50011USA

† Present address: Energy Institute, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA

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nanoparticle, lithium-ion battery, porous, ternary complex metal oxide, core/shell nanoparticles
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Lee J, Zhu H, Yadav GG, et al. Porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles converted from core/shell nanoparticles. Nano Research, 2016, 9(4): 996-1004. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-0987-z
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We demonstrate an easy and scalable low-temperature process to convert porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles from solution-synthesized core/shell metal oxide nanoparticles by thermal annealing. The final products demonstrate superior electrochemical properties with a large capacity and high stability during fast charging/discharging cycles for potential applications as advanced lithium-ion battery (LIB) electrode materials. In addition, a new breakdown mechanism was observed on these novel electrode materials.


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Porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles converted from core/shell nanoparticles

Show Author's information Jaewon Lee2, Huazhang Zhu3, Gautam Ganapati Yadav2,†, James Caruthers2, Yue Wu1,3( )
School of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringShanghai Institute of TechnologyShanghai200235China
School of Chemical EngineeringPurdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West LafayetteIN47907USA
Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringIowa State University, Sweeney Hall, AmesIA50011USA

† Present address: Energy Institute, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA

Abstract

We demonstrate an easy and scalable low-temperature process to convert porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles from solution-synthesized core/shell metal oxide nanoparticles by thermal annealing. The final products demonstrate superior electrochemical properties with a large capacity and high stability during fast charging/discharging cycles for potential applications as advanced lithium-ion battery (LIB) electrode materials. In addition, a new breakdown mechanism was observed on these novel electrode materials.

Keywords: nanoparticle, lithium-ion battery, porous, ternary complex metal oxide, core/shell nanoparticles

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Received: 04 November 2015
Revised: 10 December 2015
Accepted: 18 December 2015
Published: 23 February 2016
Issue date: April 2016

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the support from the National Science Foundation Electronic and Photonic Materials (No. 1206425) and the startup fund from Iowa State University. Y. W. also thanks the support from the Eastern Scholar Program.

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