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Flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructures with enhanced electrochemical properties for lithium storage

Show Author's Information Yijia Wang1,  Zheng Jiao2,  Minghong Wu2,  Kun Zheng3,  Hongwei Zhang4,  Jin Zou3,  Chengzhong Yu4( ),  Haijiao Zhang1( )
Institute of Nanochemistry and NanobiologyShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
School of Environmental and Chemical EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
Materials Engineering and Centre for Microscopy and MicroanalysisThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and NanotechnologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
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nanosheets, anodes, carbon coating, C@SnOX@C, hollow nanostructure
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Wang Y, Jiao Z, Wu M, et al. Flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructures with enhanced electrochemical properties for lithium storage. Nano Research, 2017, 10(9): 2966-2976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1507-5
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Hollow nanostructures have attracted considerable attention owing to their large surface area, tunable cavity, and low density. In this study, a unique flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructure (denoted as C@SnOX@C-1) was synthesized through a novel one-pot approach. The C@SnOX@C-1 had a hollow carbon core and interlaced petals on the shell. Each petal was a SnO2 nanosheet coated with an ultrathin carbon layer ~2 nm thick. The generation of the hollow carbon core, the growth of the SnO2 nanosheets, and the coating of the carbon layers were simultaneously completed via a hydrothermal process using resorcinol-formaldehyde resin-coated SiO2 nanospheres, tin chloride, urea, and glucose as precursors. The resultant architecture with a large surface area exhibited excellent lithium-storage performance, delivering a high reversible capacity of 756.9 mA·h·g–1 at a current density of 100 mA·g–1 after 100 cycles.


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Flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructures with enhanced electrochemical properties for lithium storage

Show Author's information Yijia Wang1, Zheng Jiao2, Minghong Wu2, Kun Zheng3, Hongwei Zhang4, Jin Zou3, Chengzhong Yu4( ), Haijiao Zhang1( )
Institute of Nanochemistry and NanobiologyShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
School of Environmental and Chemical EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
Materials Engineering and Centre for Microscopy and MicroanalysisThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and NanotechnologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia

Abstract

Hollow nanostructures have attracted considerable attention owing to their large surface area, tunable cavity, and low density. In this study, a unique flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructure (denoted as C@SnOX@C-1) was synthesized through a novel one-pot approach. The C@SnOX@C-1 had a hollow carbon core and interlaced petals on the shell. Each petal was a SnO2 nanosheet coated with an ultrathin carbon layer ~2 nm thick. The generation of the hollow carbon core, the growth of the SnO2 nanosheets, and the coating of the carbon layers were simultaneously completed via a hydrothermal process using resorcinol-formaldehyde resin-coated SiO2 nanospheres, tin chloride, urea, and glucose as precursors. The resultant architecture with a large surface area exhibited excellent lithium-storage performance, delivering a high reversible capacity of 756.9 mA·h·g–1 at a current density of 100 mA·g–1 after 100 cycles.

Keywords: nanosheets, anodes, carbon coating, C@SnOX@C, hollow nanostructure

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Received: 24 November 2016
Revised: 19 January 2017
Accepted: 03 February 2017
Published: 18 May 2017
Issue date: September 2017

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21471096 and 21371116), and Program for Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT13078). We thank the Lab for Microstructure, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Shanghai University, for materials characterizations.

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