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Manganous oxide (MnO)-based composites have motivated extensive researches as an anode electrode for lithium-ion storage due to the high theoretical capacity. Whereas, low cycling stability is the pivotal problem that retards the application of materials. Herein, a hydrothermal-annealing strategy is exploited to obtain the composite materials. The MnO nanoparticles (5–20 nm) wrapped by carbon shells to form core-shell structure are supported on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets. The rGO flakes in electrode materials possess higher electrical conductivity, and improve the electro-conductibility and structural stability during charging-discharging process. Used as anode for lithium-ion batteries, the composite exhibits large reversible specific capacity (866 mA h g−1 at 0.2 C after 230 cycles) as well as a good cyclicity with a coulombic efficiency of 96%. The hydrothermal-annealing synthetic pathway opens up possibilities for designing and preparing novel electrode materials of lithium or other metallic ion batteries.
Manganous oxide (MnO)-based composites have motivated extensive researches as an anode electrode for lithium-ion storage due to the high theoretical capacity. Whereas, low cycling stability is the pivotal problem that retards the application of materials. Herein, a hydrothermal-annealing strategy is exploited to obtain the composite materials. The MnO nanoparticles (5–20 nm) wrapped by carbon shells to form core-shell structure are supported on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets. The rGO flakes in electrode materials possess higher electrical conductivity, and improve the electro-conductibility and structural stability during charging-discharging process. Used as anode for lithium-ion batteries, the composite exhibits large reversible specific capacity (866 mA h g−1 at 0.2 C after 230 cycles) as well as a good cyclicity with a coulombic efficiency of 96%. The hydrothermal-annealing synthetic pathway opens up possibilities for designing and preparing novel electrode materials of lithium or other metallic ion batteries.
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This study is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 31530010, 21401168), the National Key Research and Development Program in the 13th Five-Year Projects of China (no. 2017YFD0601006), and the Special Project of Guangdong Province to Introduce Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team (no. 2016ZT06N467).
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Liu, Y., Jiang, J., Sun, K. et al. MnO−carbon-reduced graphene oxide composite with superior anode Li-ion storage performances. J Nanopart Res 21, 109 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-019-4542-1
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