Issue 17, 2014

Microwave hydrothermal growth of In2S3 interconnected nanoflowers and nanoparticles on graphene for high-performance Li-ion batteries

Abstract

This paper reports microwave-assisted fast hydrothermal synthesis of In2S3 nanoparticles and unprecedented interconnected nanoflowers on graphene surface. The growth mechanisms for various In2S3-based products are investigated. These obtained In2S3 nanoparticles and nanoflowers are found to be uniformly dispersed on graphene nanosheets, forming sandwiched particle-on-sheet and unprecedented flower-on-sheet nanostructures. When fabricated as anode materials, In2S3–graphene composites show extraordinary large reversible capacities and good cycling performances and high rate capabilities. A reversible initial lithium-extraction capacity of 1249 mA h g−1 is observed for the novel In2S3–graphene flower-on-sheet nanostructure at 70 mA g−1, which can be retained at 913, 782, 690 mA h g−1 at large currents of 700, 1400, 3500 mA g−1 respectively. In comparison, the In2S3–graphene nanoparticle-on-sheet composite shows slightly lower reversible capacities but more stable cycling performances at both small and high currents mainly due to the presence of more graphene.

Graphical abstract: Microwave hydrothermal growth of In2S3 interconnected nanoflowers and nanoparticles on graphene for high-performance Li-ion batteries

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Nov 2013
Accepted
16 Jan 2014
First published
16 Jan 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 8582-8589

Microwave hydrothermal growth of In2S3 interconnected nanoflowers and nanoparticles on graphene for high-performance Li-ion batteries

Y. Gu and Y. Wang, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 8582 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA46514D

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