Casting amorphorized SnO 2 /MoO 3 hybrid into foam-like carbon nanoflakes towards high-performance pseudocapacitive lithium storage

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Abstract

We report an amorphorization-hybridization strategy to enhance lithium storage by casting atomically mixed amorphorized SnO 2 /MoO 3 into porous foam-like carbon nanoflakes (denote as SnO 2 /MoO 3 @CNFs, or SMC in short), which are simply prepared by annealing tin(II)/molybdenum(IV) 2-ethylhexanoate within CNFs under ambient atmosphere at a low temperature (300 °C). The SnO 2 /MoO 3 loading amount within CNFs can be easily adjusted by controlling the Sn/Mo/C precursors. When examined as lithium ion battery (LIB) anode materials, the amorphorized SnO 2 /MoO 3 @CNFs with carbon content of 32 wt% (also denote as SMC-32, in which the number represents the carbon content) deliver a high reversible capacity of 1120.5 mA h/g after 200 cycles at 200 mA/g and then 651.5 mA h/g after another 300 cycles at 2000 mA/g, which is much better than that of the crystalline SnO 2 /CNFs (carbon content of 34 wt%), MoO 3 /CNFs (carbon content of 22.7 wt%), or SnO 2 /MoO 3 @CNFs (with lower carbon contents of 11 and 25 wt%). The electrochemical measurements as well as the ex situ structure characterization clearly suggest that combination of amorphorization and hybridization of SnO 2 /MoO 3 with CNFs synergistically contributes to the superior lithium storage performance with high pseudocapacitive contribution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)299-308
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume547
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2019

Keywords

  • Amorphorization-hybridization
  • Foam-like carbon nanoflakes
  • Lithium ion batteries
  • Pseudocapacitive contribution
  • SnO /MoO atomic scale mixture

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