Citation: Shuang-Lei Yang, Bang-Hong Zhou, Mei Lei, Lan-Ping Huang, Jun Pan, Wei Wu, Hong-Bo Zhang. Sub-100 nm hollow SnO₂@C nanoparticles as anode material for lithium ion batteries and significantly enhanced cycle performances[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(10): 1293-1297. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.05.051 shu

Sub-100 nm hollow SnO₂@C nanoparticles as anode material for lithium ion batteries and significantly enhanced cycle performances

Shuang-Lei Yang ^1,2 ,
Bang-Hong Zhou ¹ ,
Mei Lei ² ,
Lan-Ping Huang ¹ ,
Jun Pan ¹ ,
Wei Wu ^2,3,, ,
Hong-Bo Zhang ^1,,

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1 State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
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2 Laboratory of Printable Functional Nanomaterials and Printing Electronics, School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China;
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3 Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China

Corresponding author: Wei Wu, Hong-Bo Zhang,
Received Date: 25 March 2015
Available Online: 19 May 2015
Fund Project: We greatly acknowledge partial financial support by the Program for the NSFC (Nos. 51302325, 51201115, 51471121) (Nos. 51302325, 51201115, 51471121) New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-12-0553) (No. NCET-12-0553) Program for Shenghua Overseas Talent (No. 1681-7607030005) from Central South University, Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. 2014CFB261) (No. 1681-7607030005)Wuhan University. (No. CSUZC2014032)

Rational designing and controlling of nanostructures is a key factor in realizing appropriate properties required for the high-performance energy fields. In the present study, hollow SnO₂@C nanoparticles (NPs) with a mean size of 50 nm have been synthesized in large-scale via a facile hydrothermal approach. The morphology and composition of as-obtained products were studied by various characterized techniques. As an anode material for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), the as-prepared hollow SnO₂@C NPs exhibit significant improvement in cycle performances. The discharge capacity of lithium battery is as high as 370 mAh g^-1, and the current density is 3910 mA g^-1(5 C) after 573 cycles. Furthermore, the capacity recovers up to 1100 mAh g^-1 at the rate performances in which the current density is recovered to 156.4 mA g^-1(0.2 C). Undoubtedly, sub-100 nm SnO₂@C NPs provide significant improvement to the electrochemical performance of LIBs as superior-anode nanomaterials, and this carbon coating strategy can pave the way for developing high-performance LIBs.
- Tin oxide nanoparticles,
- Carbon coating,
- Lithium ion batteries,
- Anode nanomaterials,
- Size-controllable synthesis
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