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A high-capacity graphene nanosheet material with capacitive characteristics for the anode of lithium-ion batteries

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Graphene nanosheets are prepared from H2 thermal reduction of graphite oxide at 300 °C. The graphite oxide interlayer has readily been expanded through chemical oxidation of meso-carbon micro-beads graphite raw material. After H2 reduction, the carbon/oxygen ratio of graphene is increased from that of graphite oxide due to the removal of oxygen-containing functional groups as it is demonstrated from IR spectra. The d-spacing of resulting graphene nanosheets is increased to 0.37 nm, which facilitates lithium intercalation. Such synthesized graphene nanosheet material as anode of lithium-ion battery has exhibited high reversible discharge capacity of 1,540 mAh g−1 at a current density of 50 mA g−1, and the coulumbic efficiency was 97% over 50 cycles. The discharge curve of the anode material shows a continuously increased voltage profile, which is a characteristic of a capacitive material.

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Support of this work by Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20663005) is greatly acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China

    Tian Li & Lijun Gao

  2. School of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China

    Tian Li & Lijun Gao

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Li, T., Gao, L. A high-capacity graphene nanosheet material with capacitive characteristics for the anode of lithium-ion batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 16, 557–561 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-011-1384-x

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