Issue 70, 2014

Facile synthesis of nanostructured carbon nanotube/iron oxide hybrids for lithium-ion battery anodes

Abstract

Nanostructured carbon nanotubes/iron oxide hybrids (CNIOHs) were synthesized by a scalable Bake-Break-Mix process which involves three simple steps. Porous rod-like iron oxide arrays were first synthesized via the decomposition of iron(II) oxalate dihydrate at 300 °C for 5 h. The prepared rod-like structures were simply a well-organized alignment of numerous iron oxide nanoparticles. Breaking these rod-shaped iron oxide arrays into well-dispersed nanoparticles was accomplished by ultrasonication. Finally, single-wall carbon nanotubes were added to the suspension during sonication which allowed the dispersed iron oxide nanoparticles to adsorb to the surface resulting in the nanostructured CNIOHs. CNIOHs were employed as anode materials and showed excellent capacity, cyclic stability and rate capability.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of nanostructured carbon nanotube/iron oxide hybrids for lithium-ion battery anodes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jun 2014
Accepted
11 Aug 2014
First published
13 Aug 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 37365-37370

Author version available

Facile synthesis of nanostructured carbon nanotube/iron oxide hybrids for lithium-ion battery anodes

S. Yu, X. Guo, D. Ling, D. Y. Chung, A. Jin, M. Shokouhimehr, T. Hyeon and Y. Sung, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 37365 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA05945J

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