Hollow Porous VOx/C Nanoscrolls as High-Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Novel hollow porous VOx/C nanoscrolls are synthesized by an annealing process with the VOx/octadecylamine (ODA) nanoscrolls as both vanadium and carbon sources. In the preparation, the VOx/ODA nanoscrolls are first achieved by a two-phase solvothermal method using ammonium metavanadat as the precursor. Upon subsequent heating, the intercalated amines between the vanadate layers in the VOx/ODA nanoscrolls decompose into gases, which escape from inside the nanoscrolls and leave sufficient pores in the walls. As the anodes of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), such hollow porous VOx/C nanoscrolls possess exceedingly high capacity and rate capability (904 mAh g-1at 1 A g-1) and long cyclic stability (872 mAh g-1after 210 cycles at 1 A g-1). The good performance is derived from the unique structural features of the hollow hierarchical porous nanoscrolls with low crystallinity, which could significantly suppress irreversible Li+trapping as well as improve Li+diffusion kinetics. This universal method of annealing amine-intercalated oxide could be widely applied to the fabrication of a variety of porous electrode materials for high-performance LIBs and supercapacitors.
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Bao-Rui
BR
Jia
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Ming-Li
ML
Qin
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Zi-Li
ZL
Zhang
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Shu-Mei
SM
Li
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
De-Yin
DY
Zhang
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Hao-Yang
HY
Wu
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Lin
L
Zhang
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Xin
X
Lu
Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing , 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China.
Xuan-Hui
XH
Qu
VOx/C nanoscrolls; anodes; hollow; lithium-ion batteries; low-crystalline