Highlights

• A flexible interleaved Fe 2 O 3 /graphene oxide hybrid are used as anode materials

• Graphene oxide can act as flexible but mechanically strong buffer to ease the stress

• Fe 2 O 3 /graphene oxide hybrid can provide the better performance

• Mechanical tests were performed to confirm the possible mechanism

Abstract

Ferric oxide has demonstrated as a promising anode candidiate for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to large charge storage capacity, but its high cost, low Coulombic efficiency, and unstable solid-electrolyte interphase remain to be a technical challenge Here, we report a flexible interleaved hybrid in which Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles were encapsulated by graphene oxide layers (Fe 2 O 3 /GO) using facile freeze-drying approach as anode for LIBs Within this flexible interleaved structure, GO layers act as flexible but mechanically strong buffer to accommodate volume expansion and reduce associated stress in Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles, thereby maintaining mechanical integrity and increasing the cycling life of batteries With the synergistic effects from Fe 2 O 3 and GO, this hybrid not only promotes fast mass transfer and shortens the diffusion path of the Li ions but also forms a stable solid electrolyte interface, contributing improved Coulombic efficiency in the first few cycles The Fe 2 O 3 /GO hybrid as anode for LIBs exhibited a reversible specific capacity of ca 890 mAh g−1 after 50 cycles at 1 C (1005 mA g−1) and 405 mAh g−1 after 1000 cycles at 10 C rate Furthermore, a full-cell battery with a LiFePO4 cathode also showed high Coulombic efficiency and good capacity retention capability Mechanical properties and impedance spectroscopy tests were performed to confirm the mechanism in suerior rate and electrochemical stability The conclusions are considered to be very useful for design of Li batteries with improved mechanical performance

Graphene oxide wrapped Fe2O3 as a durable anode material for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

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Construction of a High-Performance Three-Dimensional Structured NiCo2O4@PPy Nanosheet Array Free-Standing Electrode for a Hybrid Supercapacitor

Binary metal oxides have been considered as promising anode materials, which exhibit much better performances than single metal oxides in view of their variable oxidation state and fairly high electrical conductivity. In this research, NiCo₂O₄ nanocrystals are prepared from a facile procedure including microemulsion-solvothermal reaction and subsequent calcination at 400 °C for 4 hours. The as-prepared NiCo₂O₄ nanocrystals are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). When applied as an anode for a lithium ion battery, it demonstrates excellent cycling and rate stability. The initial charge/discharge efficiency is as high as 75.41% at a current density of 100 mA g⁻¹. After 45 cycles, the discharge capacity still retains up to 1175.9 mA h g⁻¹, which is even much higher than that of the initial discharge capacity. Meanwhile, the reversible capacity remains over 644.9 mA h g⁻¹ at a large current density of 1600 mA g⁻¹, ascribed to the dispersed nanoparticles, which will help to improve the conductivity of the electrode material during the lithium-ion insertion/deintercalation process, shorten the ion diffusion path and reduce the charge transfer resistance (Rcₜ).

Surfactant-assisted solvothermal synthesis of NiCo₂O₄ as an anode for lithium-ion batteries

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Dielectric and Thermal Behavior of Polystyrene/Sr2TiMnO6 (STMO) Composites

A novel CNTs/α-Fe2O3/PPy composite with three-dimensional interconnected network structure is successfully synthesized through a solvothermal method and in-situ polymerization. The as-synthesized C...

Ning Zhao

Papers

Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of CNTs/α-Fe2O3/PPy Composite as Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

NiCo2O4 Particles with Facile PPy Modification as an Anode Material for High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Batteries