Controlled thermal sintering of a metal-metal oxide-carbon ternary composite with a multi-scale hollow nanostructure for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries.
We report a synthetic scheme for preparing a SnO2-Sn-carbon triad inverse opal porous material using the controlled sintering of Sn precursor-infiltrated polystyrene (PS) nanobead films. Because the uniform PS nanobead film, which can be converted into carbon via a sintering step, uptakes the precursor solution, the carbon can be uniformly distributed throughout the Sn-based anode material. Moreover, the partial carbonization of the PS nanobeads under a controlled Ar/oxygen environment not only produces a composite material with an inverse opal-like porous nanostructure but also converts the Sn precursor/PS into a SnO2-Sn-C triad electrode.
SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano technology (SAINT) and School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea. lutts@skku.edu.
Hwan Jin
HJ
Kim
Kan
K
Zhang
Jae-Man
JM
Choi
Min Sang
MS
Song
Jong Hyeok
JH
Park