Graphitic Carbon-wrapped NiO Embedded Three Dimensional Nitrogen Doped Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Long Cycle Life for Lithium Ion Batteries

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 11

PMID 35542488

Authors

Weina Deng

Xiaohua Chen

Aiping Hu

Shiying Zhang

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Abstract

In this work, a three-dimensional nitrogen doped aligned carbon nanotube array (NACNTs)@NiO@graphitic carbon composite was fabricated by an effective strategy involving nebulized ethanol assisted infiltration, In this structure, the NiO nanoparticles were wrapped by graphitic carbon layers and NiO@graphitic carbon core-shell nanoparticles adhered strictly to the surface of NACNTs to form a highly ordered 3D structure. When this composite was used as an anode for lithium ion batteries, the well-ordered pore of its NACNTs can facilitate the electrolyte to penetrate and improve electronic conductivity. At the same time, the graphitic layers can promote the stability of a solid electrolyte interface film. Therefore, the NACNTs@NiO@graphitic carbon composite containing 68.1 wt% NiO delivers excellent capacity retention of 91.6% after 200 cycles at 0.2C.

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