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Synthesis of Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles for advanced lithium-ion battery anode materials

Show Author's Information Jaewon Lee3,  Huazhang Zhu2,  Wei Deng1,  Yue Wu1,2( )
School of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringShanghai Institute of TechnologyShanghai200235China
Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringIowa State University, 2114 Sweeney HallAmes, IA50010USA
School of Chemical EngineeringPurdue University, 480 Stadium Mall DriveWest Lafayette, IN47907USA
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nanoparticles, lithium ion battery, metal oxide, metallic
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Lee J, Zhu H, Deng W, et al. Synthesis of Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles for advanced lithium-ion battery anode materials. Nano Research, 2017, 10(3): 1033-1043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1363-8
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We synthesized Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles via an easy and scalable solution synthesis. The synthesized Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles were annealed to remove the organic surfactants without phase transitions or side reactions. Electrons can be transferred via metallic Cu3.8Ni, which will not react with lithium ions. The heterogeneous structures of Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles could enhance the lithium ion mobility and improve the life cycle, and these materials are therefore promising candidates as high- power-density and high-energy-density anode materials for lithium-ion batteries in diverse applications, such as electrical vehicles.


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Synthesis of Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles for advanced lithium-ion battery anode materials

Show Author's information Jaewon Lee3, Huazhang Zhu2, Wei Deng1, Yue Wu1,2( )
School of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringShanghai Institute of TechnologyShanghai200235China
Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringIowa State University, 2114 Sweeney HallAmes, IA50010USA
School of Chemical EngineeringPurdue University, 480 Stadium Mall DriveWest Lafayette, IN47907USA

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We synthesized Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles via an easy and scalable solution synthesis. The synthesized Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles were annealed to remove the organic surfactants without phase transitions or side reactions. Electrons can be transferred via metallic Cu3.8Ni, which will not react with lithium ions. The heterogeneous structures of Cu3.8Ni/CoO and Cu3.8Ni/MnO nanoparticles could enhance the lithium ion mobility and improve the life cycle, and these materials are therefore promising candidates as high- power-density and high-energy-density anode materials for lithium-ion batteries in diverse applications, such as electrical vehicles.

Keywords: nanoparticles, lithium ion battery, metal oxide, metallic

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Received: 27 August 2016
Revised: 16 October 2016
Accepted: 18 October 2016
Published: 23 December 2016
Issue date: March 2017

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Y. W. acknowledges the support from Iowa State University and the support from The Eastern Scholar Program.

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