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Facile controlled synthesis of hierarchically structured mesoporous Li4Ti5O12/C/rGO composites as high-performance anode of lithium-ion batteries

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In this paper, a facile strategy is proposed to controllably synthesize mesoporous Li4Ti5O12/C nanocomposite embedded in graphene matrix as lithium-ion battery anode via the co-assembly of Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) precursor, GO, and phenolic resin. The obtained composites, which consists of a LTO core, a phenolic-resin-based carbon shell, and a porous frame constructed by rGO, can be denoted as LTO/C/rGO and presents a hierarchical structure. Owing to the advantages of the hierarchical structure, including a high surface area and a high electric conductivity, the mesoporous LTO/C/rGO composite exhibits a greatly improved rate capability as the anode material in contrast to the conventional LTO electrode.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB0101312) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21975157).

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    Cehuang Fu, Shuiyun Shen, Ruofei Wu, Xiaohui Yan, Guofeng Xia & Junliang Zhang

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Fu, C., Shen, S., Wu, R. et al. Facile controlled synthesis of hierarchically structured mesoporous Li4Ti5O12/C/rGO composites as high-performance anode of lithium-ion batteries. Front. Energy 16, 607–612 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-021-0798-0

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