title: A facile approach toward transition metal oxide hierarchical structures and their lithium storage properties.
abstract: A simple, non-template, non-surfactant and environmentally friendly hydrothermal method is presented based on the controlled release of the reactants into the reaction solvents to induce slow nucleation and growth of three-dimensional hierarchical nanostructures of transition metal oxides. This method is a general approach, which can be used to prepare Co(3)O(4), CuO, and Ni(OH)(2)/NiO. These metal oxides with hierarchical nanostructures can be used as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with good Li storage performance, e.g. high specific capacities and stable cyclability.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Cuimiao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing
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authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xianhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rui
authors.forename: Jixin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wenyu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Tuti Mariana
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authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Huey Hoon
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authors.lastname: Hng
authors.forename: Qingyu
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authors.lastname: Yan