Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 5, Issue 12, Pages 5461-5467Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am400497v
Keywords
electrospinning; transition metal oxides; nanofibers; ferrites; counterions; spinels
Funding
- National Research Foundation, Clean Energy Research Project [NRF2009EWT-CERP001-036]
- DAE-BRNS, India [DAE-661-DPT]
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The structural and electrochemical properties of the mixed transition metallic oxides Zn1-xMnxFe2O4 nanofibers, which crystallize in a cubic spinel AFe(2)O(4) structure, are investigated systematically with a gradual substitution of Zn by Mn. The crystal structural information studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) depicts the formation of single phase spinel structure, while electron-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) reveals the stoichiometric ratio between Zn and Mn. ZnFe2O4 exhibits a good capacity of similar to 532 mAh g(-1) at 50th cycle through the interbeneficial conversion reaction and alloy-dealloy mechanism, with a first discharge working voltage of similar to 0.83 V. Subsequently, the characteristic redox potential of each spinel is gradually reduced with the replacement of Mn. Furthermore, Zn03Mn0.7Fe2O4 demonstrates the highest capacity of similar to 612 mA h g(-1) at 50th cycle among the solid solution series. Ex situ characterization by high-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) is conducted to study the participation of Mn in the battery performance. This report represents an example of how the electrochemical performance could be flexibly adjusted by tuning the ratio of transition metals within the spinel.
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