High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Here, we showed that relatively high content of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (up to 83 wt. %) can be homogeneously dispersed into carbon nanotubes (CNTs) conductive networks using non-aqueous media by refluxing method. Three different Fe3O4-CNTs composites were prepared, i.e., Fe3O4-CNTs-50, Fe3O4-CNTs-80 an...

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Main Authors: Lin, Q., Wang, J., Zhong, Y., Sunarso, J., Tadé, M., Li, L., Shao, Zongping
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47511
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author Lin, Q.
Wang, J.
Zhong, Y.
Sunarso, J.
Tadé, M.
Li, L.
Shao, Zongping
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Wang, J.
Zhong, Y.
Sunarso, J.
Tadé, M.
Li, L.
Shao, Zongping
author_sort Lin, Q.
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description Here, we showed that relatively high content of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (up to 83 wt. %) can be homogeneously dispersed into carbon nanotubes (CNTs) conductive networks using non-aqueous media by refluxing method. Three different Fe3O4-CNTs composites were prepared, i.e., Fe3O4-CNTs-50, Fe3O4-CNTs-80 and Fe3O4-CNTs-90 that contain increasing amount of Fe3O4 from 50 wt. % to 83 wt. % and to 89 wt. %. These composites have higher surface area and higher pore volume than Fe3O4 component due to CNTs content. The best composite, i.e., Fe3O4-CNTs-80 demonstrated negligible capacity loss up to 100 cycles and high discharge capacity of 930 mA h g−1 at 100th cycle and 100 mA g−1 current discharge rate. This composite also exhibited excellent rate capability where up to the 78.8% of original capacity can be retained at high current discharge rate of 1000 mA g−1. These performances were enabled by a unique porous architecture based on homogenous dispersion of Fe3O4 nanoparticles into CNTs networks that leads to short Li+ diffusion path, high electric conductivity and buffering space to accommodate large volume change of Fe3O4 component during the charge-discharge processes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-475112017-09-13T14:10:12Z High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries Lin, Q. Wang, J. Zhong, Y. Sunarso, J. Tadé, M. Li, L. Shao, Zongping Here, we showed that relatively high content of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (up to 83 wt. %) can be homogeneously dispersed into carbon nanotubes (CNTs) conductive networks using non-aqueous media by refluxing method. Three different Fe3O4-CNTs composites were prepared, i.e., Fe3O4-CNTs-50, Fe3O4-CNTs-80 and Fe3O4-CNTs-90 that contain increasing amount of Fe3O4 from 50 wt. % to 83 wt. % and to 89 wt. %. These composites have higher surface area and higher pore volume than Fe3O4 component due to CNTs content. The best composite, i.e., Fe3O4-CNTs-80 demonstrated negligible capacity loss up to 100 cycles and high discharge capacity of 930 mA h g−1 at 100th cycle and 100 mA g−1 current discharge rate. This composite also exhibited excellent rate capability where up to the 78.8% of original capacity can be retained at high current discharge rate of 1000 mA g−1. These performances were enabled by a unique porous architecture based on homogenous dispersion of Fe3O4 nanoparticles into CNTs networks that leads to short Li+ diffusion path, high electric conductivity and buffering space to accommodate large volume change of Fe3O4 component during the charge-discharge processes. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47511 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.06.135 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Lin, Q.
Wang, J.
Zhong, Y.
Sunarso, J.
Tadé, M.
Li, L.
Shao, Zongping
High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
title High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
title_full High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
title_fullStr High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
title_full_unstemmed High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
title_short High performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
title_sort high performance porous iron oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47511