Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 219, Issue -, Pages 12-15Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.02.036
Keywords
TiO2; Energy storage and conversion; Porous materials; Atomic layer deposition
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG0207ER46471]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51672176, 21471005, 61203212]
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TiO2-based anodes are highly desired because of their significant safety with good structural stability during charge/discharge. However, the intrinsic poor conductivity of TiO2 restricts its capacity cycling at a high rate. Herein, we present a good rate-performance anode consisting of Ni-encapsulated TiO2 nanotube array growing on three-dimensional Ni scaffold. By using atomic layer deposition (ALD), a TiO2 layer was coated onto Ni nanotubes which were fabricated using ZnO nanorod array template. The Ni-encapsulated TiO2 nanotube array anode shows a capacity of 188 mAh g(-1) after 100 cycles at 0.5 C. The metal Ni encapsulated in the TiO2 nanotubes provides an efficient pathway for rapid electron transfer. It is believed that the metal-encapsulated composite design presented here would be significant for many possible anodes and cathodes. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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