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Promising electrochemical performance of Cu3Mo2O9 nanorods for lithium-ion batteries

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Cu3Mo2O9 nanorods (NRs) have been prepared via a facile hydrothermal method with subsequent heat treatment. The sample is characterized by the XRD, SEM, TEM, and XPS techniques. The results indicate that Cu3Mo2O9 NRs crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Pnma and have the diameters at around 100 nm. As the anode material for lithium-ion batteries, Cu3Mo2O9 NRs can deliver an initial discharge capacity of 1209 mAh/g at a current density of 300 mA/g in the potential window of 0.005–3 V, and a reversible capacity of 440 mAh/g can be maintained after 400 cycles. Furthermore, Cu3Mo2O9 NRs still have the capacity of 437 mAh/g even at 1 A/g. The improved electrochemical performance of Cu3Mo2O9 can be attributed to the effect of enhanced contact area and shortened Li+ ions’ transport distance between the Cu3Mo2O9 NRs and the electrolyte.

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This study was funded by the financial support by the NSF of China (21673203), the Higher Education Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (15KJB150031), Natural Science Foundation of Yangzhou (YZ2016122), Qing Lan Project and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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  2. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China

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Li, JC., Feng, F., Yang, SH. et al. Promising electrochemical performance of Cu3Mo2O9 nanorods for lithium-ion batteries. J Mater Sci 52, 12380–12389 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1360-7

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