Facile synthesis of carbon-decorated single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanowires and their application as high performance anode in lithium ion batteries

A facile microwave-hydrothermal approach has been used to synthesize single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanowires within 15 min at 150 degrees C. The Fe3O4 nanowires, after decorating with carbon, exhibit excellent cyclability and rate performance when employed as an anode in lithium ion batteries.