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CRYSTENGCOMM
Volume 14, Issue 19, Pages 6215-6220Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25833a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC-51064006]
- Department of Education, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China [200103YB061, 201010LX188]
- Guilin University of Technology
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A continuous hollow TiO2 structure with three-dimensional (3D) interconnected anatase single crystals self-assembled into compact large pore mesoporous shells had been fabricated in this paper. The as-obtained hierarchically micro/nano-structured materials, denoted as CTAB-TiO2, are simply prepared via a hydrothermal method with the assistance of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) micelles. The results show that both CTAB and the thermal treatment played a key role in forming a continuous hollow micro/nano-structure with large mesopores. It has been found that the rate properties and cyclic performance of lithium-ion batteries based on annealed CTAB-TiO2, denoted as A-CTAB-TiO2, were greatly enhanced compared to the CTAB-TiO2 electrodes, this improvement was largely attributed to the reduction of the interfacial resistance due to nanocrystal-nanocrystal contact throughout the electrode films and the increased Li-ion diffusion properties of uniform large pore mesoporous shells (12.8 nm). The low-cost synthesis and excellent electrode properties of the continuous interconnected single crystals with a large pore mesoporous architecture could provide a new direction for developing higher-performance lithium storage electrodes.
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