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Capacitive lithium storage of carved mesoporous titania

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TiO2 is a potential anode for lithium-ion batteries. The low theoretical capacity and inferior reaction kinetics limit its wide applications. In this work, the H2Ti3O7 nanorods were prepared by hydrothermal reaction and washed with HCl, deionized water, and ethanol. The TiO2 nanorods possessing the mesoporous structure with several nanometers were obtained by annealing H2Ti3O7 at different temperatures (300 °C, 400 °C, and 500 °C) under Ar atmosphere. The carved mesoporous structure can form channels for the transport of electrolyte ions into the interior. So the prepared TiO2 exhibited superior rate performance compared to general TiO2. As expected, the first discharge and charge capacity of TiO2-400 were 248 and 192 mA h g−1, and the corresponding Coulombic efficiency for the first cycle was 77%. Furthermore, the high rate performance paved the way for future research on Li-ion batteries based on TiO2.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22109017), the General Natural Science Research Projects of Colleges and Universities in Anhui Province (Grant No. KJ2021B14), the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Key R&D Program (Grant No. 2022a05020055), and the Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province (Grant No. 202104b11020010).

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XW wrote the main manuscript text. GJ, LZ, and GC prepared Figs. 1–3. XW prepared Fig. 4 and the Supporting Information. All authors reviewed the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Figure S1 (a) BET adsorption and desorption isotherm curves for TiO2-400. (b) BJH pore size distribution for TiO2-400. Figure S2 Nyquist plots of Li-TiO2-400 and anatase nanoparticles. Inset: Randles equivalent circuit for all tested electrodes. Figure S3 TEM images of TiO2-400 after 400 cycles at 0.2C

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Wang, X., Jin, G., Zhang, L. et al. Capacitive lithium storage of carved mesoporous titania. Ionics 29, 4907–4912 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05179-5

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