Issue 6, 2016

Hierarchical architecture of hybrid carbon-encapsulated hollow manganese oxide nanotubes with a porous-wall structure for high-performance electrochemical energy storage

Abstract

Metal-oxide-based anode materials in energy storage devices continue to be of considerable interest for both fundamental science and potential technological applications because of their diverse functionalities, high theoretical capacity, cost-effectiveness, and non-polluting nature. However, despite these favourable features for various power source applications, important challenges associated with insertion-induced structural degradation remain, leading to capacity fading, and must be addressed to move towards the practical use of high-capacity metal oxide anodes. Here, we report the successful synthesis of novel hierarchical carbon-encapsulated manganese oxide architectures with hollow-tube structures and unique porous walls via a simple microwave process coupled with a hydrothermal method. This approach provides beneficial synergistic effects in terms of structural stability, electrochemical active surface areas, and electrical and ionic pathways. The carbon-encapsulated porous hollow manganese oxide nanotubes exhibit excellent electrochemical characteristics with large reversible specific capacity and excellent cycling stability (875 mA h g−1 capacity retention up to 100 cycles) as well as outstanding high-rate performance (729 mA h g−1 at 700 mA g−1), which is the highest value thus far reported for manganese-oxide-based anode materials.

Graphical abstract: Hierarchical architecture of hybrid carbon-encapsulated hollow manganese oxide nanotubes with a porous-wall structure for high-performance electrochemical energy storage

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Dec 2015
Accepted
23 Dec 2015
First published
12 Jan 2016

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016,4, 2049-2054

Hierarchical architecture of hybrid carbon-encapsulated hollow manganese oxide nanotubes with a porous-wall structure for high-performance electrochemical energy storage

G. An, J. I. Sohn and H. Ahn, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 2049 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA10067D

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