Low-temperature synthesis of two-dimensional nanostructured Co3O4 and improved electrochemical properties for lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

Urea as a cheap reagent is very useful in preparation two-dimensional metal oxides with tunable crystal morphologies, while refluxing method is a simple route to control the decomposition of urea. Here, a low temperature refluxing in the presence of urea is developed to prepare porous Co3O4 as anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The self-assembly cobalt hydrotalcite-like compounds (Co-HLC) is firstly synthesized through refluxing the mixture of cobaltous nitrate and urea. After pyrolysis, the flower-like morphology of Co-HLC is successfully maintained in the final product of Co3O4. The ordered two-dimensional Co3O4 nanosheets provide good contact with electrolyte and stable porous structure during lithiation/delithiation. Co3O4-120 synthesized under refluxing temperature of 120 °C shows the initial charge capacities of 722 and 741 mAh g−1 at the 2nd and 100th cycle under 100 mA g−1. Moreover, Co3O4-120 as electrode for a supercapacitor presents excellent capacitance, 167 F g−1 after 3000 cycles at 1 A g−1. Under 5, 10 and 20 A g−1, Co3O4-120 electrode delivers 128, 104 and 90 F g−1, respectively. The porous structure in Co3O4 with enhanced electrochemical performance indicates low temperature refluxing preparation is an applicable and energy-saved method to synthesize transitional metal oxide with tunable crystal morphologies.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2016.12.081
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Materials Research (AIMR)
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: anode materials,electrochemical performance,hydrotalcite-like compounds,lithium-ion batteries,metal oxide,refluxing,Chemical Engineering(all)
Publication ISSN: 1873-328X
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024 08:13
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2019 10:09
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-03
Published Online Date: 2016-12-29
Accepted Date: 2016-12-27
Submitted Date: 2016-10-03
Authors: Lu, Zhongpei
Ding, Jingjing
Lin, Xuehong
Liu, Yang
Ye, Haitao (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-4005-4922)
Yang, Gang
Yin, Fan
Yan, Bo

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