Fe2O3 xerogel used as the anode material for lithium ion batteries with excellent electrochemical performance.
A new strategy was applied to synthesise a porous nanostructure of α-Fe(2)O(3) xerogel assembled from nanocrystalline particles (∼5 nm) with abundant mesopores (∼3 nm) using a hydrothermal method. The α-Fe(2)O(3) xerogel exhibits excellent cycling performance (up to 1000 cycles) and rate capability (reversible discharging capacity 280 mAh g(-1) at 10 C) as a potential anode for high power lithium-ion batteries.
Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China.
Jia
J
Xin
Chen
C
Jia-jia
Xu
X
Jian-hui
Shi
S
Yi-ning
Fan
F
You-zuo
Zheng
Z
Min-sen
Dong
D
Quan-feng