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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 3741-3748Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ta15021f
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51275195, 91323106]
- Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2012FFB02216]
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In this paper, ZnCo2O4 nanowires have been grown and self-assembled as hierarchical structures on a 3D conductive Ni foam substrate. Both leaf-like ZnCo2O4 and dandelion-like ZnCo2O4 assemblies were synthesized through a hydrothermal process followed by a post-annealing treatment. It is shown that leaf-like assemblies are directly grown on the substrate while dandelion-like assemblies are adsorbed on the surface of the structures. A possible formation mechanism of ZnCo2O4 hierarchical structures was proposed. It is shown that these nanowires are porous structures which provide much increased specific surface area. Further work was conducted by taking these Ni foam supported ZnCo2O4 structures as binder-free electrodes for Li-ion batteries. Remarkably, the leaf-like ZnCo2O4/Ni foam electrode exhibits greatly improved electrochemical performance with high capacity and excellent cycling stability. A high reversible capacity of 1050 mA h g(-1) at the rate of 100 mA g(-1) was obtained after 60 cycles. Meanwhile, the electrode showed a high rate of 416 mA g(-1) with a high capacity of 850 mA h g(-1) even after 50 cycles. Our work demonstrates that this unique nanowire self-assembled ZnCo2O4 hierarchical structure is promising for high-performance electrochemical energy applications.
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