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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2017)

A Facile Synthesis of ZnCo2O4 Nanocluster Particles and the Performance as Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0122-4
Yue Pan
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
Weijia Zeng
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
Lin Li
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
Yuzi Zhang
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Yingnan Dong
Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Dianxue Cao
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
Guiling Wang
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
Brett L. Lucht
Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Ke Ye
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
Kui Cheng
Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Brett L. Lucht

blucht@chm.uri.edu

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 9 No. 2 (2017), Article Number: 20

Abstract

ZnCo2O4 nanocluster particles (NCPs) were prepared through a designed hydrothermal method, with the assistance of a surfactant, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate. The crystalline structure and surface morphology of ZnCo2O4 were investigated by XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, and BET analyses. The results of SEM and TEM suggest a clear nanocluster particle structure of cubic ZnCo2O4 (~100 nm in diameter), which consists of aggregated primary nanoparticles (~10 nm in diameter), is achieved. The electrochemical behavior of synthesized ZnCo2O4 NCPs was investigated by galvanostatic discharge/charge measurements and cyclic voltammetry. The ZnCo2O4 NCPs exhibit a high reversible capacity of 700 mAh g−1 over 100 cycles under a current density of 100 mA g−1 with an excellent coulombic efficiency of 98.9% and a considerable cycling stability. This work demonstrates a facile technique designed to synthesize ZnCo2O4 NCPs which show great potential as anode materials for lithium ion batteries.


Highlights:


1 ZnCo2O4 nanocluster particles (NCPs) were prepared through a hydrothermal method with the assistance of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS).
2 The ZnCo2O4 NCPs exhibit excellent rate performance. The initial lithiation-specific capacity of ZnCo2O4 NCPs with a current density of 100 mA g−1 reached 1110 mAh g−1 with a coulombic efficiency of 84.7 %, and a high delithiation capacity of 700 mAh g−1 was achieved over 100 cycles.

Keywords

ZnCo2O4 nanocluster particles Hydrothermal method Sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate Lithium ion batteries
Pan, Yue, Weijia Zeng, Lin Li, Yuzi Zhang, Yingnan Dong, Dianxue Cao, Guiling Wang, Brett L. Lucht, Ke Ye, and Kui Cheng. 2016. “A Facile Synthesis of ZnCo2O4 Nanocluster Particles and the Performance As Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 9 (2):20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0122-4.
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