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In situ chemical synthesis of SnO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2014

Haijiao Zhang ,
Panpan Xu ,
Yang Ni ,
Hongya Geng ,
Guanghong Zheng ,
Bin Dong  and
Zheng Jiao
Haijiao Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China; and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
Panpan Xu
Affiliation:
Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
Yang Ni
Affiliation:
Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
Hongya Geng
Affiliation:
Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
Guanghong Zheng
Affiliation:
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
Bin Dong*
Affiliation:
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
Zheng Jiao*
Affiliation:
Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
*
b)e-mail: tj_dongbin@vip.163.com
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: zjiao@shu.edu.cn
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Abstract

In the work, an in situ chemical synthesis approach has been developed to fabricate SnO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites in ethanol solution. X-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron, Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectrum revealed the formation of SnO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy showed that SnO2 nanoparticles had a crystal size of about 3–4 nm and homogeneously distributed on reduced graphene oxide matrix. The electrochemical performances of the SnO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites as anode materials were measured by the galvanostatic charge/discharge cycling. The results indicated that as-synthesized SnO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites had a reversible lithium storage capacity of 1051 mAh/g and an enhanced cyclability, which can be attributed to increased electrode conductivity and buffer effect to volume change in the presence of a percolated reduced graphene oxide network embedded into the metal oxide electrodes.

Keywords

SnO2/reduced graphene oxidecompositeschemical synthesisanodelithium-ion batteries
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , 14 March 2014 , pp. 617 - 624
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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