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Three-dimensionally porous CoMn2O4 thin films grown on Ni foams for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

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Three-dimensional (3D) porous CoMn2O4 thin films on nickel foam substrates were successfully prepared via electrostatic spray deposition (ESD) technique and then an annealing process for lithium-ion battery anodes. The CoMn2O4 thin films exhibited high initial coulombic efficiency of 90% and excellent cycling performance with a reversible capacity of over 1366 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at a current density of 400 mA g−1. The improved electrochemical performances are attributed to the synergistic advantages of 3D porous CoMn2O4 film and the Ni foam collector, which can provide effective void space to the large volume change during cycling, enhance reaction sites, and improve the electron transport. The ESD technique is facile and cost-effective and can be used as a promising method to synthesize 3D porous mixed transition-metal oxides materials.

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This work was partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) projects of America with Nos. 1506640, 1509735, NERC ASSIST center seed funding, and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) with No. 51302118. The authors acknowledge facilities of AMERI at FIU.

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  1. School of Physics and Electronics, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, People’s Republic of China

    Jujun Yuan, Xianke Zhang & Yingmao Xie

  2. Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33174, USA

    Jujun Yuan, Chunhui Chen, Yong Hao, Xianke Zhang, Richa Agrawal & Chunlei Wang

  3. Energy & Materials Engineering Centre, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, People’s Republic of China

    Xifei Li & Youchen Hao

  4. State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, People’s Republic of China

    Bingbing Liu & Quanjun Li

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Yuan, J., Chen, C., Hao, Y. et al. Three-dimensionally porous CoMn2O4 thin films grown on Ni foams for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes. J Mater Sci 52, 5751–5758 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-0810-6

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