Nanoscale Si coating on the pore walls of SnO2nanotube anode for Li rechargeable batteries

Woo Jin Lee; Mi-Hee Park; Yong Wang; Jim Yang Lee; Jaephil Cho

doi:10.1039/B916483A

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Nanoscale Si coating on the pore walls of SnO₂nanotube anode for Li rechargeable batteries†

Woo Jin Lee,^a Mi-Hee Park,^b Yong Wang,*^c Jim Yang Lee^d and Jaephil Cho*^b

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^a Corrosion Research Center, CEMS, University of Minnesota, 112 Amundson Hall, 221 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, USA

^b School of Energy Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology, Ulsan, Korea 689-798
E-mail: jpcho@unist.ac.kr
Fax: +82-52-217-2909

^c School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Shanghai, P. R. China
E-mail: yongwang@shu.edu

^d Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Engineering Drive 4, Singapore117576

Abstract

A nanoscale coating of a Si layer on the pore walls of SnO₂nanotubes (Si-coated SnO₂) leads to very good electrochemical performance in coulombic efficiency, rate capability and capacity retention compared with untreated SnO₂nanotubes.

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A typical experimental procedure for SnO₂ and Si-coated SnO₂ nanotubes and characterization method, XRD patterns,Auger, voltage profiles of Si nanoparticles, and differentialcurves and SEM images of the electrodes PDF (382K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B916483A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Aug 2009
Accepted: 10 Nov 2009
First published: 20 Nov 2009

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Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 622-624

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Nanoscale Si coating on the pore walls of SnO₂nanotube anode for Li rechargeable batteries

W. J. Lee, M. Park, Y. Wang, J. Y. Lee and J. Cho, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 622 DOI: 10.1039/B916483A

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