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SnO2 nano-mulberries anchored onto RGO nanosheets for lithium ion batteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2019

Feilong Gong ,
Mengmeng Liu ,
Lihua Gong ,
Dandan Li ,
Yu Li  and
Feng Li
Feilong Gong
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, People’s Republic of China
Mengmeng Liu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, People’s Republic of China
Lihua Gong
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, People’s Republic of China
Dandan Li*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, People’s Republic of China
Yu Li*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, People’s Republic of China
Feng Li*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, People’s Republic of China; and American Advanced Nanotechnology, Missouri City, Texas 77459, USA
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: lifeng696@yahoo.com, gfl@zzuli.edu.cn
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Abstract

Three-dimensional nano-mulberries consisting of SnO2 nanoparticles have been successfully anchored onto the surfaces of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) to construct hierarchical hybrids—SnO2@RGO with a one-pot approach. The SnO2 nano-mulberries with different amounts of RGO have been produced for optimizing their composition effect on Li storage performance. Specifically, SnO2@RGO hybrids incorporated with optimized amount of RGO nanosheets (∼20.8%) exhibit highly enhanced capacity of ∼1025 mA h/g at 0.1 A/g and a reversible capacity of 750 mA h/g over 100 cycles at 0.2 A/g. The materials also deliver much better rate performance with average specific capacity of ∼498 mA h/g at 2 A/g in comparison with that of SnO2 nano-mulberries. After cycling for 600 times at 1 A/g, the SnO2@RGO electrodes still maintain high reversible capacity of ∼602 mA h/g, corresponding to 35% of the second cycle and 133% of the 70th discharge capacity.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 35 , Issue 1: Focus Section: Advances in Battery Technology: Material Innovations in Design and Fabrication , 14 January 2020 , pp. 20 - 30
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