Growth and growth mechanism of oxide nanocrystals on electrochemically exfoliated graphene for lithium storage
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03/2019Funder
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ep/l017008/1
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Abstract
Difficulty of growing metal oxides on intrinsic graphene due to few defects and functional groups on its surface was overcome by deposition of polymerized precursors via multiple interacting sites, followed by crystallization of metal oxides inside the aggregated polymer. As a typical example, Mn3O4-decorated electrochemically exfoliated graphene (EEG) was successfully prepared and served as an advanced anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Because EEG possesses higher electronic conductivity and stronger mechanical strength in comparison with commonly used reduced graphene oxide (rGO), the new composite of EEG-Mn3O4 exhibits much better electrochemical performance than rGO-Mn3O4, including superior reversible capacity and better cycling stability.
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Xu , Z , Zhang , P , Chen , J , Yue , W & Zhou , W 2019 , ' Growth and growth mechanism of oxide nanocrystals on electrochemically exfoliated graphene for lithium storage ' , Energy Storage Materials , vol. 18 , pp. 174-181 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.08.023
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Energy Storage Materials
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Peer reviewed
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2405-8297Type
Journal article
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© 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.08.023
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This work is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21573023). WZ thanks an equipment grant from EPSRC (EP/L017008/1) to University of St Andrews.Collections
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