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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016)

Facile Synthesis of Porous Zn–Sn–O Nanocubes and Their Electrochemical Performances

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-015-0075-z
Bo Li
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Xiaomin Li
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Jiantao Zai
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Xuefeng Qian
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xuefeng Qian

xfqian@sjtu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016), Article Number: 174-181

Abstract

Porous Zn–Sn–O nanocubes with a uniform size were synthesized through a facile aqueous solution route combined with subsequent thermal treatment. The chemical composition, morphology, and microstructure of Zn–Sn–O nanocubes, which have significant effects on the lithium storage performances, were easily tuned by adjusting the calcination temperature in preparation processes of ZnSn(OH)6 solid nanocubes. Further studies revealed that porous Zn–Sn–O nanocubes prepared at 600 °C exhibited a good rate capability and a high reversible capacity of 700 mAh g−1 at a current density of 200 mA g−1 after 50 cycles, which may be a great potential as anode materials in Lithium-ion batteries.

Keywords

Zn–Sn–O Nanocubes Porous Lithium-ion batteries
Li, Bo, Xiaomin Li, Jiantao Zai, and Xuefeng Qian. 2015. “Facile Synthesis of Porous Zn–Sn–O Nanocubes and Their Electrochemical Performances”. Nano-Micro Letters 8 (2):174-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-015-0075-z.
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