title: Facile synthesis of transition-metal oxide nanocrystals embedded in hollow carbon microspheres for high-rate lithium-ion-battery anodes.
abstract: Charged up: A general soft-template route for the synthesis of uniform hollow carbon microspheres embedded with transition-metal oxide nanocrystals (OHCMs) has been developed (see figure). The obtained OHCMs possess a microsized spherical shape, embedded transition-metal oxide nanocrystals, and fully encapsulating conductive carbon shells, which endow the resulting anode materials with high specific capacities, rate capabilities, electrode densities, and cycle stabilities.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials & Application Technology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China. jliu@xtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kunfeng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shaomin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Yichun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yanling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Dongfeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: Yuncang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: anodes; electron microscopy; lithium-ion batteries; microspheres; synthetic methods