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Self-supported Ni6MnO8 3D mesoporous nanosheet arrays with ultrahigh lithium storage properties and conversion mechanism by in-situ XAFS

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Murdochite-type Ni6MnO8 three-dimensional mesoporous nanosheet arrays grown on carbon cloth (NMO-SA/CC) are synthesized using an in-situ growth strategy. As self-supported binder-free anodes for LIBs, the NMO-SA/CC hierarchical nanostructures exhibit ultrahigh capacity, excellent cycling stability, and good rate capability. The excellent lithium storage performance can be ascribed to the perfect electrical contact between NMO-SA and CC. The mesopores in the thin nanosheet can maximize the electrode contact with the electrolyte by decreasing the Li+ diffusion path. Moreover, these effects relieve the pulverization and agglomeration that originate from the large volume variations during the Li+ intercalation/deintercalation cycles. The in-situ X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectrum recorded during the initial lithiation/delithiation processes reveals the conversion reaction process.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of this research by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21371053, 21376065, 21401048, and 21571054), the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (No. LBH-TZ0519), Harbin Science and Technology Innovation Talents Research Foundation (No. 2015RAQXJ057), Innovative Research Project of Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education.

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    Dongdong Zhao, Peng Yu, Lei Wang, Li Zhao, Chungui Tian, Wei Zhou & Honggang Fu

  2. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China

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Zhao, D., Yu, P., Wang, L. et al. Self-supported Ni6MnO8 3D mesoporous nanosheet arrays with ultrahigh lithium storage properties and conversion mechanism by in-situ XAFS. Nano Res. 10, 263–275 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1285-5

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