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Vol. 11 (2019)

Electrostatic Self-assembly of 0D–2D SnO2 Quantum Dots/Ti3C2Tx MXene Hybrids as Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0296-7
Huan Liu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People’s Republic of China
Xin Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organic‑Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Yifan Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Organic‑Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Bin Cao
State Key Laboratory of Organic‑Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Qizhen Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Organic‑Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Peng Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organic‑Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Bin Xu
State Key Laboratory of Organic‑Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
Feng Wu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People’s Republic of China
Renjie Chen
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Renjie Chen

chenrj@bit.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 11 (2019), Article Number: 65

Abstract

MXenes, a new family of two-dimensional (2D) materials with excellent electronic conductivity and hydrophilicity, have shown distinctive advantages as a highly conductive matrix material for lithium-ion battery anodes. Herein, a facile electrostatic self-assembly of SnO2 quantum dots (QDs) on Ti3C2Tx MXene sheets is proposed. The as-prepared SnO2/MXene hybrids have a unique 0D–2D structure, in which the 0D SnO2 QDs (~ 4.7 nm) are uniformly distributed over 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene sheets with controllable loading amount. The SnO2 QDs serve as a high capacity provider and the “spacer” to prevent the MXene sheets from restacking; the highly conductive Ti3C2Tx MXene can not only provide efficient pathways for fast transport of electrons and Li ions, but also buffer the volume change of SnO2 during lithiation/delithiation by confining SnO2 QDs between the MXene nanosheets. Therefore, the 0D–2D SnO2 QDs/MXene hybrids deliver superior lithium storage properties with high capacity (887.4 mAh g−1 at 50 mA g−1), stable cycle performance (659.8 mAh g−1 at 100 mA g−1 after 100 cycles with a capacity retention of 91%) and excellent rate performance (364 mAh g−1 at 3 A g−1), making it a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries.


Highlights:


1 0D–2D SnO2 quantum dots/MXene (SnO2 QDs/MXene) hybrids were synthesized by electrostatic self-assembly.
2 MXene not only provides efficient pathways for fast transport of electrons and Li ions, but also buffers the volume change of SnO2 during charge/discharge process.
3 The 0D–2D SnO2 QDs/MXene hybrids deliver high capacity, excellent cycle and rate performances as anode of lithium-ion batteries.

Keywords

MXene SnO2 Quantum dots 0D–2D hybrid Lithium-ion battery
Liu, Huan, Xin Zhang, Yifan Zhu, Bin Cao, Qizhen Zhu, Peng Zhang, Bin Xu, Feng Wu, and Renjie Chen. 2019. “Electrostatic Self-Assembly of 0D–2D SnO2 Quantum Dots/Ti3C2Tx MXene Hybrids As Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 11 (August):65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0296-7.
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