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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep11960
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 21173049, J1103303]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [RFDP 20133514110002]
- Fujian Province Fund [2015J01042, JA14081]
- Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, CAS
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A major obstacle in realizing Na-ion batteries (NIBs) is the absence of suitable anode materials. Herein, we firstly report the anatase TiO2 mesocages constructed by crystallographically oriented nanoparticle subunits as a high performance anode for NIBs. The mesocages with tunable microstructures, high surface area (204 m(2) g(-1)) and uniform mesoporous structure were firstly prepared by a general synthesis method under the assist of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). It's notable that the TiO2 mesocages exhibit a large reversible capacity and good rate capability. A stable capacity of 93 mAhg (1) can be retained after 500 cycles at 10 C in the range of 0.01-2.5 V, indicating high rate performance and good cycling stability. This could be due to the uniform architecture of iso-oriented mesocage structure with few grain boundaries and nanoporous nature, allowing fast electron and ion transport, and providing more active sites as well as freedom for volume change during Na-ion insertion. CV measurements demonstrate that the sodium-ion storage process of anatase mesocages is mainly controlled by pseudocapacitive behavior, which is different from the lithium-ion storage and further facilitates the high rate capability.
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