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Porous nano-silicon/TiO2/rGO@carbon architecture with 1000-cycling lifespan as superior durable anodes for lithium-ion batteries

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Novel porous nano-silicon/TiO2/rGO@carbon anodes with superior lifespan and desirable cycling stability are prepared by a step-wise synthetic procedure. The hybrid exhibits a high specific capacity of 1073.43 mAh g−1 at a current density of 500 mA g−1. Additionally, it delivers a reversible capacity of 724.08 mAh g−1 at 1000 mA g−1 even after 1000 long-term cycles. Simultaneously, a large average capacity is reinstated after cycling at high rates, such as 994.76, 743.33, and 599.70 mAh g−1 at 1000, 2000, and 3000 mA g−1, respectively. The greatly ameliorative electrochemical characteristics could be attributed to the abundant buffering space of hierarchical architecture, good separation of mechanically robust anatase-TiO2, sustainable confinement of elastic carbon skeletons, as well as improved electrical conductivity of rGO, which could suppress drastic volume variations and promote multiple Li+/electron transport without distinct pulverization.

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This study is financially supported by the Outstanding Young Scholar Project (8S0256) from South China Normal University, the Union Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province (U1601214), the Scientific and Technological Plan of Guangdong Province (2017A040405047), the Key Projects of Guangdong Province Nature Science Foundation (2017B030311013), and the Scientific and Technological Plan of Guangzhou City (201607010274).

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    Peng Zhang, Qiang Ru, Yuqing Gao, Honglin Yan, Xinhua Hou, Fuming Chen & Shejun Hu

  2. Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Low Carbon and Advanced Energy Materials, Guangzhou, 510631, People’s Republic of China

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Zhang, P., Ru, Q., Gao, Y. et al. Porous nano-silicon/TiO2/rGO@carbon architecture with 1000-cycling lifespan as superior durable anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 25, 4675–4684 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03050-0

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