title: Hybrid porous bamboo-like CNTs embedding ultrasmall LiCrTiO4nanoparticles as high rate and long life anode materials for lithium ion batteries.
abstract: Compared with Li4Ti5O12, LiCrTiO4with the same spinel structure exhibits superior conductivity and Li+diffusion properties. However, there has been no extensive study on LiCrTiO4as an anode material in lithium ion batteries, due to its pulverization, loss of electrical contact, and particle aggregation. A unique architecture based on hybrid porous CNTs embedding ultrasmall LiCrTiO4nanoparticles (6 ± 2 nm) was designed by using a facile sol-gel process combined with subsequent heat treatment. As an anode for lithium ion batteries, due to the absence of the aforementioned problems, the electrode exhibited high reversible capacity, excellent rate capability and superior long-term cycling stability at high current densities. Such nanocomposites should be competitive candidates to replace Li4Ti5O12-based anode materials.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China. liulang@xju.edu.cn llyhs1973@sina.com and Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China. liulang@xju.edu.cn llyhs1973@sina.com and Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China. liulang@xju.edu.cn llyhs1973@sina.com and Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China. liulang@xju.edu.cn llyhs1973@sina.com and Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.
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