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In-situ synthesis of Ta2O5@few-layered rGO core-shell nanosphere with abundant oxygen vacancies for highly stable lithium-ion battery

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Metal oxide is a promising anode material in LIBs, which can be further improved by covering with few-layered graphene oxide (FL-rGO). Furthermore, the formation of oxygen vacancies can greatly improve the electrochemical performance; however, the concentration regulation of oxygen defects remains a challenge. In this work, a facile in situ calcination was explored to synthesize Ta2O5@FL-rGO core-shell nanospheres with abundant oxygen vacancies between Ta2O5 and few-layered graphene oxide. And the as-prepared Ta2O5@FL-rGO exhibited highly electrochemical performance, including superior conductivity, high reversible capacity (442.3 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 after 100 cycles), good cycling performance (288.7 mA h g−1 at 5 A g−1 over 600 cycles), and excellent rate capability, compared with that of bare Ta2O5 and other Ta2O5 based electrode in the literature.

Ta2O5@few-layered rGO core-shell nanospheres with abundant oxygen vacancies were obtained by in-situ calcination and exhibited highly electrochemical performance as LIBs anode materials.

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This work is jointly supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21865019 and 21777078). And we would like to acknowledge the major basic research and open project of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (30500-515330303).

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Bi, X., Bai, P., Yang, T. et al. In-situ synthesis of Ta2O5@few-layered rGO core-shell nanosphere with abundant oxygen vacancies for highly stable lithium-ion battery. J Solid State Electrochem 24, 1567–1575 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-020-04709-9

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