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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 5, Issue 46, Pages 36575-36581Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra02781k
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- State Key Project of Fundamental Research [2014CB931900, 2012CB932504]
- Hundred Talents Project
- Scientific Research Equipment Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Porous metal oxides have attracted great interest as anode materials for lithium ion batteries owing to their improved electrochemical properties. In this study, we propose a Prussian blue analogue (PBA)-derived strategy to successfully prepare hollow porous FexCo(3-x)O(4) (FCO) with controlled morphologies (nanospheres and nanocubes) using surfactants as soft templates. In comparison with FCO nanocubes (FCO-NCs) and FCO nanoparticles (FCO-NPs), FCO spheres (FCO-NSs) show a much better cycling stability and rate capability as an anode material for lithium ion batteries. The cycling capacity of FCO-NSs at the 50th cycle has been largely enhanced to 1060 mA h g(-1) from only 721 (FCO-NCs) and 389 mA h g(-1) (FCO-NPs). The capacity of FCO-NSs at a current density of 1000 mA g(-1) has been considerably improved to 823 mA h g(-1) from 504 and 152 mA h g(-1) for FCO-NCs and FCO-NPs, respectively, indicating a much better rate capability. The greatly enhanced cycling stability and rate capability can be largely attributed to the hollow porous structure of FCO-NSs with a wider pore distribution, a slightly higher Co content (compared to FCO-NCs) and higher mechanical strength, which facilitates Li+ and electron diffusion and migration.
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