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Facile synthesis of porous Mn2O3/TiO2 microspheres as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced electrochemical performance

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Abstract

In this study, the porous Mn2O3/TiO2 microspheres were prepared via a facile two-step hydrothermal method. Firstly, the Mn2O3 particles were obtained by the calcination of hydrothermal-synthesized MnCO3. Then the TiO2 layer was coated on the surface of the Mn2O3 particles by a hydrothermal-assisted liquid phase deposition (HA-LPD) method. The as-prepared samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analyzer (BET), respectively. Moreover, the electrochemical performances of Mn2O3/TiO2 as an anode material in lithium ion batteries (LIBs) were also evaluated. The results indicated that, the specific capability of the Mn2O3/TiO2 composite material was about 452 mAh g−1 at the current density of 500 mA g−1 after 200 cycles, which was much higher than that of pristine Mn2O3 (313 mAh g−1). Meanwhile, the rate capacity of Mn2O3/TiO2 was 177 mAh g−1 at the current density of 4 A g−1, which was also higher than that of pure Mn2O3 (3 mAh g−1). Moreover, the Mn2O3/TiO2 composite material can still yield a specific capacity of 800 mAh g− 1 at the current density of 1 A g−1 after 1000 cycles. The enhanced electrochemical performances of Mn2O3/TiO2 composite material was mainly attributed to the synergistic effect between the Mn2O3 with high capacity and TiO2 with superior stability.

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  • 17 October 2018

    The original version of this article is one of the original research paper published along with the Special Issue “Special Issue for Advances in Functional Semiconducting Materials (AFSM)” in Volume 29 Issue 18 of the Journal “Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics”.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Project Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51402056) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (Grant No. 2015GXNSFBA139209).

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    Qian-Zhi Gou, Chao Li, Xue-Qi Zhang, Bo Zhang, Shun-Rui Zou, Ning Hu, Ding-Wu Sun & Cai-Xia Lei

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Gou, QZ., Li, C., Zhang, XQ. et al. Facile synthesis of porous Mn2O3/TiO2 microspheres as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced electrochemical performance. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 16064–16073 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9695-7

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