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Microwave hydrothermal synthesis of SbVO4 nanospheres as anode materials for sodium ion batteries

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Sb-based compounds are regarded as promising anode materials for sodium ion batteries (SIBs). Here, uniform SbVO4 nanospheres with an average size of around 100 nm are prepared by a facile microwave hydrothermal treating the mixed solution of SbF3 and NaVO3 at 160 °C for 90 min. When evaluated as an anode material for SIBs, the SbVO4 electrode displays superior sodium storage properties with good cycling stability and high rate capability, delivering a high reversible capacity of 318 mAh/g after 50 cycles at 200 mA/g and even 210 mAh/g at high current densities of 2 A/g. This work opens the door for convenient synthesis of nanostructured SbVO4 as excellent anode materials for SIBs.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Basis Research Plan in Shaanxi Province (No. 2018JM5085), Tang Scholar Program from the Cyrus Tang Foundation, and the Natural Science Foundation for Youths of Hunan Provincial of China (No. 2019JJ50206).

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    Haihua Yang, Li Zhang & Jianhui Yan

  2. Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People’s Republic of China

    Ping Wang & Junjun Zhang

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Yang, H., Wang, P., Zhang, J. et al. Microwave hydrothermal synthesis of SbVO4 nanospheres as anode materials for sodium ion batteries. Ionics 26, 1267–1273 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03308-7

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