Controllable Synthesis of Mesostructures from TiO Hollow to Porous Nanospheres with Superior Rate Performance for Lithium Ion Batteries

Overview

Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2017 Oct 3

PMID 28966771

Citations 7

Authors

Hao Ren

Jiajia Sun

Ranbo Yu

Mei Yang

Lin Gu

Porun Liu

Huijun Zhao

David Kisailus

Dan Wang

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Abstract

Uniform TiO nanospheres from hollow, core-shell and mesoporous structures have been synthesized using quasi-nano-sized carbonaceous spheres as templates. The TiO nanospheres formed after calcination at 400 °C are composed of ∼7 nm nanoparticles and the shells of the hollow TiO nanospheres are as thin as a single layer of nanoparticles. The ultrafine nanoparticles endow the hollow and mesoporous TiO nanospheres with short lithium ion diffusion paths leading to high discharge specific capacities of 211.9 and 196.0 mA h g at a current rate of 1 C (167.5 mA g) after 100 cycles, and especially superior discharge specific capacities of 125.9 and 113.4 mA h g at a high current rate of up to 20 C. The hollow and mesoporous TiO nanospheres also show superior cycling stability with long-term discharge capacities of 103.0 and 110.2 mA h g, respectively, even after 3000 cycles at a current rate of 20 C.

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