Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 5, Issue 17, Pages 8067-8072Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr02538a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51002117, 51222104]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20100201120049]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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In this report, alkylcarboxyl group-decorated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with clustered functionalization patterns are achieved based on a modified Birch reduction in liquid ammonia. By using these functional CNTs (f-CNTs), a new type of Co3O4-CNT heterostructure is prepared via a simple hydrothermal method. SEM and TEM analyses reveal that the as-synthesized Co3O4-CNT heterostructures exhibit bead-on-string architecture, in which the Co3O4 spheres are threaded with CNTs. A possible growth mechanism is proposed to explain the formation of these Co3O4-CNT heterostructures. The electrochemical properties of the Co3O4-CNT heterostructures as anode materials for lithium ion batteries are investigated. The Co3O4-CNT heterostructures display high electrochemical activity, good cycle stability and improved rate performance. Such a large improvement of the electrochemical performance can be related to the robust necklace-like architectures which possess properties such as high mechanical stability, excellent electric conductivity and good strain accommodation.
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