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Hierarchical multi-metal-doped mesoporous NiO-silica nanoparticles towards a viable platform for Li-ion battery electrode application

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Hierarchical nanostructures have received wide attention for their distinguished physical and chemical properties of the synthesized materials, mainly in future energy storage applications. In this study, Ni-based multi-metal doped silica mesoporous nanoflowers were prepared and characterized as a potential anode material for lithium ion batteries. A facile synthesis strategy is depicted here for Ni-based multi-metal doped silica mesoporous nanoflowers by using a CTAB surfactant and ammonia basic media in water-ethanol mixed solvent media. Ce, Al, Mn, and Co species have been chosen as other additive metals for doping in this mesostructure in order to find the enhanced electrochemical performance of the Ni-based silica. Systematic characterization of the material was performed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WA-XRD) analysis and N2 sorption, which show 500–600 nm sized particles with fine-looking nanoflower morphology and surface area in the range of 211–405 m2g−1. The initial charge/discharge capacity was found to be 1,313/178, 990/436, 1,122/234 and 1,585/689 mA h g−1 for different Ni-silica, Ni-Ce-silica, Ni-Al-silica and Ni-Co-Mn-Al-silica electrodes, respectively. The enhanced electrochemical performance for Ce doped Ni-silica compared to other mesoporous samples may be attributed to improved electrical conductivity as well as the hierarchical nanoflower-like structure.

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E.-B. Cho acknowledges support of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020R1A2C1015117). N. Pal conveys gratitude to TEQIP-III, JNTUH, Hyderabad for providing her the funding support in this work (letter no. JNTUH/TEQIP/CRS/2019/Chemistry/03).

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  1. Department of Physics and Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad, 500075, India

    Nabanita Pal

  2. Department of Fine Chemistry, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Korea

    Jae Won Jo & Eun-Bum Cho

  3. Department of Electronics and Information Convergence Engineering, Institute for Wearable Convergence Electronics, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Gihung-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Yongin-si, 17104, Korea

    Daulatabad Narsimulu & Jae Su Yu

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Pal, N., Jo, J.W., Narsimulu, D. et al. Hierarchical multi-metal-doped mesoporous NiO-silica nanoparticles towards a viable platform for Li-ion battery electrode application. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 1959–1967 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-021-1003-1

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