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Facile synthesis and lithium storage performance of (NH4)2V3O8 nanoflakes

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Single-crystalline (NH4)2V3O8 nanoflakes were successfully synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method. We investigated their electrochemical performance for use in lithium ion batteries for the first time. Interestingly, the as-prepared (NH4)2V3O8 electrode demonstrated good lithium storage properties. This material exhibited a high initial discharge capacity of 261.4 mAh g−1 at a current density of 150 mA g−1. Apart from the capacity loss in the first two cycles, the discharge capacity remained relatively stable and a capacity of 215.8 mAh g−1 was maintained after 30 cycles, indicating good cycling stability. The Coulombic efficiency was close to 100 % during the cycling, revealing that the intercalation/deintercalation of Li ions in this material was highly reversible. The good electrochemical performance of (NH4)2V3O8 was mainly attributed to its flake-like morphology and intrinsically stable layered structure.

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This work was financially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51304077 and No. 21301193), the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 14JJ3022), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University, the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy and Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan province (2014CL03).

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  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Guoqing Xu, Hanna He, Hao Wan, Ruihong Liu, Dan Sun & Haiyan Wang

  2. Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Zigong, 643000, People’s Republic of China

    Xianguang Zeng

  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, 415000, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaobing Huang

  4. State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Haiyan Wang

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Xu, G., He, H., Wan, H. et al. Facile synthesis and lithium storage performance of (NH4)2V3O8 nanoflakes. J Appl Electrochem 46, 879–885 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-016-0973-x

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