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Nanotubular Nickel Hydrosilicate and Its Thermal Annealing Products as Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

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We have studied the performance of nanotubular nickel hydrosilicate and its derivatives as a negative electrode of lithium ion batteries. Nickel hydrosilicate with the composition Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions (350°C, 14 MPa, 10 h). Its derivatives were prepared by thermal annealing at temperatures of 400, 600, and 1000°C. In this process, the tubular structure of the particles persisted up to 600°C, whereas at 1000°C well-crystallized Ni2SiO4 was formed. Charge/discharge cycles were performed in the voltage range 0.05–3 V at a specific current of 10 mA/g. Heat treatment was shown to increase discharge capacity and reversible capacity in the first cycle. The highest performance was offered by the material heat-treated at 400°C: its discharge capacity reached 678 mAh/g and its reversible capacity was 58% in the first cycle and 85% in subsequent cycles.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The X-ray powder diffraction characterization of the samples was performed at the Engineering Center, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University).

We are grateful to V.V. Gusarov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for his valuable suggestions regarding our work.

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    E. K. Khrapova, A. M. Rumyantsev, V. V. Zhdanov & A. A. Krasilin

  2. St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, 197376, St. Petersburg, Russia

    E. K. Khrapova

  3. Peter the Great Polytechnic University, 195251, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Khrapova, E.K., Ezhov, I.S., Rumyantsev, A.M. et al. Nanotubular Nickel Hydrosilicate and Its Thermal Annealing Products as Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries. Inorg Mater 56, 1248–1257 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168520120092

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