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Carbon-confined Mo3Nb2O14 porous microspheres for high-performance lithium storage

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In recent years, 2D intercalated pseudocapacitance MoO3 and Nb2O5 have been widely investigated, while 3D Mo-Nb–O materials have rarely been discussed. Here, we synthesized Mo3Nb2O14-B by a simple ball-milling method and further prepared Mo3Nb2O14-L with advanced energy storage properties by a solvothermal method, where the abundant nanopore channels and in situ carbon encapsulation led to fast Li-ion diffusion and excellent structural stability. It performs well in half-cell performance tests, including high reversible capacity (461 mAh g−1 at 0.1C), initial coulomb efficiency of 88.4%, excellent cycling performance (4.4% capacity loss in 600 cycles at 10 C), and significant intercalation mimetic capacitive contribution (89.2% at 1.0 mV s). All these advantages indicate that Mo3Nb2O14-L has great potential for use as anode material for lithium-ion batteries.

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    Peng Hei, Shanshan Luo & Faming Gao

  2. Department of Safety and Environmental Protection, Hebei Port Group, Qinhuangdao, 066000, China

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Hei, P., Zhao, Y., Luo, S. et al. Carbon-confined Mo3Nb2O14 porous microspheres for high-performance lithium storage. Ionics 28, 3197–3205 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04570-y

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