Xiaoyu Hou, Yanjie Hu, Hao Jiang, Yunfeng Li, Xiaofeng Niu and Chunzhong Li
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 16373-16376
DOI:
10.1039/C5CC06123G,
Communication
Sn@Ni3Sn4 embedded nanocable-like carbon hybrids have been successfully prepared through a novel gas-phase route. The introduced Ni3Sn4 layer not only suppresses the tin-induced volume expansion, but also provides more voids and vacancies in the interior of the nanocables. When used as the anode in LIBs, the Sn@Ni3Sn4/C hybrids exhibit a long cycle life (360 mA h gā1 at 1 A gā1 after 1500 cycles).