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In situ low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of LiMn2O4 nanocomposites based on graphene oxide/carbon nanotubes hydrogel and its capacities

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Integrating LiMn2O4(LMO) and different carbon materials to build a mixed cathode system can provide fast transport channels to improve the conduction of both electrons and ions. In this paper, our work studied in situ low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of LMO nanocomposites based on graphene oxide (GO)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hydrogel. Compared with the pure LMO nanoparticles, GO/CNTs/LMO (GCLMO) composites greatly improved electrochemical performance in specific capacity, cycle performance and rate ability. The electrochemical test results showed that the specific capacitance of GCLMO nanocomposites reached 396 F/g at the current density of 0.5 A/g, which was much higher than 221 F/g of pure LMO. Even at the current density of 10 A/g, the specific capacitance was still as high as 309 F/g. Besides, after 2000 cycles, the specific capacitance retention of the composite was 93%. Electrochemical data showed that GCLMO composite is an ideal cathode material for supercapacitors.

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This work was financially supported by Anhui Province Key Research and Development Plan (JZ2018AKKG0332).

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    Kelei Wang, Lei Hua, Zhongbing Wang, Guanping Jin & Chunnian Chen

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Wang, K., Hua, L., Wang, Z. et al. In situ low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of LiMn2O4 nanocomposites based on graphene oxide/carbon nanotubes hydrogel and its capacities. Journal of Materials Research 35, 2516–2527 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2020.179

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