Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 6038-6046Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn501310n
Keywords
MnO nanowire; nanopeapod; lithium ion battery; heterostructure; anode material
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21136006, 21206043, 21236003]
- Research Project of Chinese Ministry of Education [113026A]
- Shanghai Pujiang Program [12PJ1401900]
- Shanghai Rising-Star Program [13QA1401100]
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- J. Robert Oppenheimer distinguished fellowship
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Searching the long-life MnO-based materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) is still a great challenge because of the issue related to the volumetric expansion of MnO nanoparticles (NPs) or nanowires (NWs) during lithiation. Herein, we demonstrate an unexpected result that a peapod-like MnO/C heterostructure with internal void space can be facilely prepared by annealing the MnO precursor (MnO-P) NW/polydopamine core/shell nanostructure in an inert gas, which is very different from the preparation of typical MnO/C core/shell NWs through annealing MnO NW/C precursor nanostructure. Such peapod-like MnO/C heterostructure with internal void space is highly particular for high-performance LIBs, which can address all the issues related to MnO dissolution, conversion, aggregation and volumetric expansion during the Li+ insertion/extraction. They are highly stable anode material for LIBs with a very high reversible capacity (as high as 1119 mAh g(-1) at even 500 mA g(-1)) and fast charge and discharge capability (463 mAh g(-1) at 5000 mA g(-1)), which is much better than MnO NWs (38 mAh g(-1) at 5000 mA g(-1)) and MnO/C core/ shell NWs (289 mAh g(-1) at 5000 mA g(-1)). Such nanopeapods also show excellent rate capability (charged to 91.6% in 10.6 mm using the constant current mode). Most importantly, we found that MnO/C nanopeapods show no capacity fading even after 1000 cycles at a high current density of 2000 mA g(-1), and no morphology change. The present MnO/C nanopeapods are the most efficient MnO-based anode materials ever reported for LIBs.
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