Hollow Nanostructured Metal Silicates with Tunable Properties for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes

Seung Ho Yu, Bo Quan, Aihua Jin, Kug Seung Lee, Soon Hyung Kang, Kisuk Kang, Yuanzhe Piao, Yung Eun Sung

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Abstract

Hollow nanostructured materials have attracted considerable interest as lithium ion battery electrodes because of their good electrochemical properties. In this study, we developed a general procedure for the synthesis of hollow nanostructured metal silicates via a hydrothermal process using silica nanoparticles as templates. The morphology and composition of hollow nanostructured metal silicates could be controlled by changing the metal precursor. The as-prepared hierarchical hollow nanostructures with diameters of 100-200 nm were composed of variously shaped primary particles such as hollow nanospheres, solid nanoparticles, and thin nanosheets. Furthermore, different primary nanoparticles could be combined to form hybrid hierarchical hollow nanostructures. When hollow nanostructured metal silicates were applied as anode materials for lithium ion batteries, all samples exhibited good cyclic stability during 300 cycles, as well as tunable electrochemical properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25725-25732
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume7
Issue number46
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Nov 25
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • anode material
  • conversion reaction
  • hollow nanostructured material
  • lithium ion battery
  • metal silicate
  • nanoparticle

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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