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Three-dimensionally macroporous graphene-supported Fe3O4 composite as anode material for Li-ion batteries with long cycling life and ultrahigh rate capability

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Fe3O4 is an attractive conversion reaction-based anode material with high theoretical capacity (928 mA h g−1). However, the poor cycling and rate performance hinder its applications in Li-ion batteries. In this work, we report an effective strategy to synthesize three-dimensionally macroporous graphene-supported Fe3O4 hybrid composite. Benefiting from advantage of the special structure, the hybrid composite exhibits excellent Li+ storage performance, delivering a high reversible capacity of 980 mA h g−1 at the current density of 4 A g−1 even after 470 cycles and ultrahigh rate capability (293 mA h g−1 even at current density of 20 A g−1).

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Program of “One Hundred Talents People” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB215500), the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20921002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21101147), and the Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Development Program (20100102, 20116008).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Delong Ma, Shuang Yuan & Zhanyi Cao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China

    Delong Ma & Shuang Yuan

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Ma, D., Yuan, S. & Cao, Z. Three-dimensionally macroporous graphene-supported Fe3O4 composite as anode material for Li-ion batteries with long cycling life and ultrahigh rate capability. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 2017–2023 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0307-5

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