Issue 96, 2016, Issue in Progress

Nitrogen-doped mesoporous hollow carbon nanoflowers as high performance anode materials of lithium ion batteries

Abstract

Nitrogen-doped mesoporous hollow carbon nanoflowers (N-HCNF) are successfully prepared by a facile hard-template route via a hydrothermal process, subsequent carbonization and etching. The as-synthesized N-HCNF has high specific surface area (507.5 m2 g−1) and unique nanostructure, which make N-HCNF a potential anode material for lithium ion batteries. In the electrochemical test, the as-prepared N-HCNF exhibit high specific capacity, markedly improve cycle stability, and enhance rate performance compared with nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanorods (N-HCNR) and hollow carbon nanoflowers (HCNF). The as-prepared N-HCNF displays a reversible specific capacity of 528 mA h g−1 after 1000 cycles at 2C. N-HCNF shows the excellent rate performance and the stable capacity of N-HCNF maintains 298 mA h g−1 at 10C. The significant electrochemical property improvements of N-HCNF are attributed to the large BET surface area, N-doped carbon shell and unique 3D hollow nanostructure of N-HCNF.

Graphical abstract: Nitrogen-doped mesoporous hollow carbon nanoflowers as high performance anode materials of lithium ion batteries

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Aug 2016
Accepted
26 Sep 2016
First published
26 Sep 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 93519-93524

Nitrogen-doped mesoporous hollow carbon nanoflowers as high performance anode materials of lithium ion batteries

C. Qian, P. Guo, X. Zhang, R. Zhao, Q. Wu, L. Huan, X. Shen and M. Chen, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 93519 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA21011B

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