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Graphene and cobalt phosphide nanowire composite as an anode material for high performance lithium-ion batteries

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The synthesis of a composite of cobalt phosphide nanowires and reduced graphene oxide (denoted CoP/RGO) via a facile hydrothermal method combined with a subsequent annealing step is reported. The resulting composite presents large specific surface area and enhanced conductivity, which can effectively facilitate charge transport and accommodates variations in volume during the lithiation/de-lithiation processes. As a result, the CoP/RGO nanocomposite manifests a high reversible specific capacity of 960 mA·h·g–1 over 200 cycles at a current density of 0.2 A·g–1 (297 mA·h·g–1 over 10,000 cycles at a current density of 20 A·g–1) and excellent rate capability (424 mA·h·g–1 at a current density of 10 A·g–1).

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    Jun Yang, Chencheng Sun, Laiquan Li, Weili Si, Wei Huang & Xiaochen Dong

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Yang, J., Zhang, Y., Sun, C. et al. Graphene and cobalt phosphide nanowire composite as an anode material for high performance lithium-ion batteries. Nano Res. 9, 612–621 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0941-5

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