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Investigation on properties of V2O5–MWCNTs composites as cathode materials

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An effective method to prepare the composites of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) was presented. Vanadyl-triisopropoxide (VO(OC3H7)3) was used as the starting material, MWCNTs pretreated with acids by a two-step process was used as the conductive ingredient. V2O5–MWCNTs composites were synthesized via a sol–gel method with solvent exchange and an ambient pressure drying technique. The samples were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, BET, Raman spectra and electrical resistivity measurement respectively. The experimental results indicate that the V2O5–MWCNTs nanocomposite has a fiber-like and tri-dimensional network structure. Its surface area is up to 189.7 m2/g when the MWCNTs’ content is 15 wt%. And MWCNTs are dispersed homogeneously in the composites. The electrical resistivity of the composites decreases from 1,239 to 765 Ω·cm when the MWCNTs’ content increases from 0 to 10 wt%. Thus MWCNTs can improve properties of V2O5 aerogels as the cathode material in lithium batteries.

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This work was supported financially by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Granted No. 50752001 and 50572073), the funds (Granted No. 07JC14052 and 07DZ22302) from Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality and the program (Granted No. 0652nm044) from Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center.

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    Guang-Ming Wu, Ai-Rong Wang, Ming-Xia Zhang, Hui-Yu Yang, Bin Zhou & Jun Shen

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Wu, GM., Wang, AR., Zhang, MX. et al. Investigation on properties of V2O5–MWCNTs composites as cathode materials. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 46, 79–85 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-008-1708-1

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