Issue 20, 2014

Controlled thermal sintering of a metal–metal oxide–carbon ternary composite with a multi-scale hollow nanostructure for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries

Abstract

We report a synthetic scheme for preparing a SnO2–Sn–carbon triad inverse opal porous material using the controlled sintering of Sn precursor-infiltrated polystyrene (PS) nanobead films. Because the uniform PS nanobead film, which can be converted into carbon via a sintering step, uptakes the precursor solution, the carbon can be uniformly distributed throughout the Sn-based anode material. Moreover, the partial carbonization of the PS nanobeads under a controlled Ar/oxygen environment not only produces a composite material with an inverse opal-like porous nanostructure but also converts the Sn precursor/PS into a SnO2–Sn–C triad electrode.

Graphical abstract: Controlled thermal sintering of a metal–metal oxide–carbon ternary composite with a multi-scale hollow nanostructure for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Dec 2013
Accepted
17 Jan 2014
First published
17 Jan 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2589-2591

Controlled thermal sintering of a metal–metal oxide–carbon ternary composite with a multi-scale hollow nanostructure for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries

H. J. Kim, K. Zhang, J. Choi, M. S. Song and J. H. Park, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2589 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49356C

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