Lithium storage in a highly conductive Cu3Ge boosted Ge/graphene aerogel

Chuanjian Zhang; Fenglian Chai; Lin Fu; Pu Hu; Shuping Pang; Guanglei Cui

doi:10.1039/C5TA06862B

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Lithium storage in a highly conductive Cu₃Ge boosted Ge/graphene aerogel†

Chuanjian Zhang,^a Fenglian Chai,^ab Lin Fu,^a Pu Hu,^a Shuping Pang^a and Guanglei Cui*^a

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^a Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Research Institute, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, PR China
E-mail: cuigl@qibebt.ac.cn

^b College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, No. 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, PR China

Abstract

A Cu₃Ge/Ge@G aerogel was employed as an anode for a lithium-ion battery by a simple pyrolysis of a CuGeO₃ nanowire and graphene oxide nanosheet mixture. It is demonstrated that both the Cu₃Ge nanoparticles and graphene nanosheets act as conductive buffers to accelerate the electron migration rate and enhance the cycling stability of the electrode.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TA06862B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 31 Aug 2015
Accepted: 05 Okt 2015
First published: 07 Okt 2015

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 22552-22556

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Lithium storage in a highly conductive Cu₃Ge boosted Ge/graphene aerogel

C. Zhang, F. Chai, L. Fu, P. Hu, S. Pang and G. Cui, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 22552 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA06862B

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