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Hybrid materials of graphene anchored with CoFe2O4 for the anode in sodium-ion batteries

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Hybrid materials of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles anchored on graphene prepared by a facile hydrothermal process was developed to be anode material for sodium-ion battery. The hybrid nano-structure of CoFe2O4/graphene not only could be useful to buffer electrode volume accompanying with Na+ insertion–extraction, but also could be beneficial to improve electrode electric conductivity and further keep graphene sheet separated to improve ion diffusion rate. Electrochemical measurements showed that the hybrid material anode displayed an excellent performance with a large reversible capacity of 330 mAh g−1 after 75 cycle times and a satisfactory rate capability of 170 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1.

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This work is supported by The National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.: 51272176), Key Project of Tianjin Municipal Natural Science Foundation of China (13JCZDJC33900), National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2012CB933600), the Higher School Science and Technology Development Project of Tianjin City (20140310), Academic Innovation Funding of Tianjin Normal University (52XC1410) and the Youth Foundation of Tianjin Normal University (5RL128).

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    Jian-Min Feng, Gui-Zhi Wang, Lei Dong, Xi-Fei Li & De-Jun Li

  2. Institute of Material Development, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Road 10, Economical Technology Development Area, Wuhan City, Hubei province, People’s Republic of China

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Feng, JM., Zhong, XH., Wang, GZ. et al. Hybrid materials of graphene anchored with CoFe2O4 for the anode in sodium-ion batteries. J Mater Sci 52, 3124–3132 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0601-5

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