Journal
NANO RESEARCH
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 199-208Publisher
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0387-6
Keywords
porous CuO nanowires; anode material; electrochemical conversion reactions; Na-ion batteries
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2011CB935900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51231003, 21322101]
- National 111 Project of China's Higher Education [B12015]
- Tianjin High-Tech Project [12ZCZDJC35300]
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We report the preparation of porous CuO nanowires that are composed of nanoparticles (similar to 50 nm) via a simple decomposition of a Cu(OH)(2) precursor and their application as the anode materials of rechargeable Na-ion batteries. The as-prepared porous CuO nanowires exhibit a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 13.05 m(2)center dot g(-1), which is six times larger than that of bulk CuO (2.16 m(2)center dot g(-1)). The anode of porous CuO nanowires showed discharge capacities of 640 mA center dot h center dot g(-1) in the first cycle and 303 mA center dot h center dot g(-1) after 50 cycles at 50 mA center dot g(-1). The high capacity is attributed to porous nanostructure which facilitates fast Na-intercalation kinetics. The mechanism of electrochemical Na-storage based on conversion reactions has been studied through cyclic voltammetry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). It is demonstrated that in the discharge process, Na+ ions first insert into CuO to form a Cu (1-x) (II) Cu (x) (I) O1-x/2 solid and a Na2O matrix then Cu (1-x) (II) Cu (x) (I) O1-x/2 reacts with Na+ to produce Cu2O, and finally Cu2O decompose into Cu nanoparticles enclosed in a Na2O matrix. During the charge process, Cu nanoparticles are first oxidized to generate Cu2O and then converted back to CuO. This result contributes to the design and mechanistic analysis of high-performance anodes for rechargeable Na-ion batteries.
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