Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 196, Issue 20, Pages 8701-8705Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.06.036
Keywords
Li ion batteries; Tin dioxide; Carbon nanotube; Anode; Ethylene glycol
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy, LLC [DE-ACO2-06CH11357]
- U.S. Department of Energy, FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Office
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We report a novel ethylene glycol-mediated solvothermal-polyol route for synthesis of SnO2-CNT nanocomposites, which consist of highly dispersed 3-5 nm SnO2 nanocrystals on the surface of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs). As anode materials for Li-ion batteries, the nanocomposites showed high rate capability and superior cycling stability with specific capacity of 500 mAh g(-1) for up to 300 cycles. The CNTs served as electron conductors and volume buffers in the nanocomposites. This strategy could be extended to synthesize other metal oxides composites with other carbon materials. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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