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Novel porous starfish-like Co3O4@nitrogen-doped carbon as an advanced anode for lithium-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Yan Sun,  Fangzhi Huang,  Shikuo Li,  Yuhua Shen( ),  Anjian Xie( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lab for Clean Energy & Green Catalysis, Anhui University Hefei 230601 China
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nitrogen-doped carbon, lithium-ion battery, metal-organic framework, long cycle life, cobaltosic oxide, starfish-like structure
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Sun Y, Huang F, Li S, et al. Novel porous starfish-like Co3O4@nitrogen-doped carbon as an advanced anode for lithium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2017, 10(10): 3457-3467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1557-8
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A Co-based metal-organic framework (Co-MOF) with a unique three-dimensional starfish-like nanostructure was successfully synthesized using a simple ultrasonic method. After subsequent carbonization and oxidation, a nanocomposite of nitrogen-doped carbon with a Co3O4 coating (Co3O4@N-C) with a porous starfish-like nanostructure was obtained. The final hybrid exhibited excellent lithium storage performance when evaluated as an anode material in a lithium- ion battery. A remarkable and stable discharge capacity of 795 mAh·g−1 was maintained at 0.5 A·g−1 after 300 cycles. Excellent rate capability was also obtained. In addition, a full Co3O4@N-C/LiFePO4 battery displayed stable capacity retention of 95% after 100 cycles. This excellent lithium storage performance is attributed to the unique porous starfish-like structure, which effectively buffers the volume expansion that occurs during Li+ insertion/deinsertion. Meanwhile, the nitrogen- doped carbon coating enhances the electrical conductivity and provides a buffer layer to accommodate the volume change and accelerate the formation of a stable solid electrolyte interface layer.


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Novel porous starfish-like Co3O4@nitrogen-doped carbon as an advanced anode for lithium-ion batteries

Show Author's information Yan Sun, Fangzhi Huang, Shikuo Li, Yuhua Shen( ), Anjian Xie( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lab for Clean Energy & Green Catalysis, Anhui University Hefei 230601 China

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A Co-based metal-organic framework (Co-MOF) with a unique three-dimensional starfish-like nanostructure was successfully synthesized using a simple ultrasonic method. After subsequent carbonization and oxidation, a nanocomposite of nitrogen-doped carbon with a Co3O4 coating (Co3O4@N-C) with a porous starfish-like nanostructure was obtained. The final hybrid exhibited excellent lithium storage performance when evaluated as an anode material in a lithium- ion battery. A remarkable and stable discharge capacity of 795 mAh·g−1 was maintained at 0.5 A·g−1 after 300 cycles. Excellent rate capability was also obtained. In addition, a full Co3O4@N-C/LiFePO4 battery displayed stable capacity retention of 95% after 100 cycles. This excellent lithium storage performance is attributed to the unique porous starfish-like structure, which effectively buffers the volume expansion that occurs during Li+ insertion/deinsertion. Meanwhile, the nitrogen- doped carbon coating enhances the electrical conductivity and provides a buffer layer to accommodate the volume change and accelerate the formation of a stable solid electrolyte interface layer.

Keywords: nitrogen-doped carbon, lithium-ion battery, metal-organic framework, long cycle life, cobaltosic oxide, starfish-like structure

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Received: 22 November 2016
Revised: 03 February 2017
Accepted: 23 February 2017
Published: 09 June 2017
Issue date: October 2017

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21173001 and 21371003) and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials.

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