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Vanadium oxide nanowires for Li-ion batteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2011

Liqiang Mai ,
Xu Xu ,
Lin Xu ,
Chunhua Han  and
Yanzhu Luo
Liqiang Mai*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China; and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Xu Xu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China
Lin Xu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China
Chunhua Han
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China
Yanzhu Luo
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mlq@cmliris.harvard.edu
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Abstract

Vanadium oxide nanowires have gained increasing interest as the electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. This article presents the recent developments of vanadium oxide nanowire materials and devices in Li-ion batteries. First, we will describe synthesis and construction of vanadium oxide nanowires. Then, we mainly focus on the electrochemical performances of vanadium oxide nanowires, such as VO2, V2O5, hydrated vanadium oxides, LiV3O8, silver vanadium oxides, etc. Moreover, design and in situ characterization of the single nanowire electrochemical device are also discussed. The challenges and opportunities of vanadium oxide nanowire electrode materials will be discussed as a conclusion to push the fundamental and practical limitations of this kind of nanowire materials for Li-ion batteries.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 17: Focus Issue: Nanowires: Fundamentals and Applications , 14 September 2011 , pp. 2175 - 2185
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