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Facile synthesis of mesoporous NH4V4O10 nanoflowers with high performance as cathode material for lithium battery

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The mesoporous NH4V4O10 nanoflowers have been synthesized as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries by a β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)-assisted hydrothermal method. The flowers with clear outline and uniform size are composed of nanoflake for 200–300 nm in width and the length up to micron levels. There are mesopores with an average size of 3 nm on the surface of petals. The mesoporous nanoflowers deliver a high capacity of 242.8 mAh g−1 at a current density of 200 mA g−1 between 2.0 and 4.0 V. Even at high current density of 1000 mA g−1, it still retains 103.5 mAh g−1 (about 64.9% capacity) after 200 cycles. Besides, compared with the samples prepared without β-CD, the electrode of the mesoporous nanoflowers has a high rate of lithium transition during the lithiation/delithiation process. These results demonstrate such mesoporous NH4V4O10 nanoflowers could be promising as a high-performance cathode for lithium-ion batteries.

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This work was supported by the Chongqing Graduate Research and Innovation Projects (CYS17087), the Ninth Undergraduate Science and Technology Innovation (Project 20162303008), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project Number XDJK2016E001, for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Students), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project Number XDJK2016C003) and the Foundation of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (KJ1711292).

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    Yaning Liu, Maowen Xu, Bolei Shen, Zemin Xia, Yuan Li, Yi Wu & Qing Li

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Liu, Y., Xu, M., Shen, B. et al. Facile synthesis of mesoporous NH4V4O10 nanoflowers with high performance as cathode material for lithium battery. J Mater Sci 53, 2045–2053 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1619-z

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