Uniform Carbon Layer Coated Mn3O4 Nanorod Anodes with Improved Reversible Capacity and Cyclic Stability for Lithium Ion Batteries

作者：Wang Changbin; Yin Longwei^*; Xiang Dong; Qi Yongxin

来源：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4(3): 1636-1642.

DOI：10.1021/am2017909

• manganese oxide
• carbon
• composite
• microstructure
• lithium ion battery

A facile one-step solvothermal reaction route to large-scale synthesis of carbon homogeneously wrapped manganese oxide (Mn3O4@C) nanocomposites for anode materials of lithium ion batteries was developed using manganese acetate monohydrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone as precursors and reactants. The synthesized Mn3O4@C nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The synthesized tetragonal structured Mn3O4 (space group I41/amd) samples display nanorod-like morphology, with a width of about 200-300 nm and a thickness of about 15-20 nm. It is shown that the carbon layers with a thickness of 5 rim are homogeneously coated on the Mn3O4 nanorods. It is indicated from lithium storage capacity estimation that the Mn3O4@C samples display enhanced capacity retention on charge/discharge cycling. Even after SO cycles, the products remains stable capacity of 473 mA h g(-1) which is as much 3.05 times as that of pure Mn3O4 samples. Because of the low-cost, nonpollution, and stable capacity, the carbon homogeneously coated Mn3O4@C nanocomposites are promising anode material for lithium ion batteries.

• 出版日期2012-3
• 单位山东大学