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Nitrogen-doped zinc/cobalt mixed oxide micro-/nanospheres for high-rate lithium-ion battery anode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2019

Xiaotao Deng ,
Sirui Li ,
Jiaqi Wang ,
Ding Nan ,
Junhui Dong  and
Jun Liu
Xiaotao Deng
Affiliation:
Pipeline Design Department, Zhuhai Branch of China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co., Ltd., Zhuhai 519015, People’s Republic of China
Sirui Li
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China; and Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Graphite and Graphene for Energy Storage and Coating, Hohhot 010051, China
Jiaqi Wang
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China; and Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Graphite and Graphene for Energy Storage and Coating, Hohhot 010051, China
Ding Nan*
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China; and Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Graphite and Graphene for Energy Storage and Coating, Hohhot 010051, China
Junhui Dong
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China; and Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Graphite and Graphene for Energy Storage and Coating, Hohhot 010051, China
Jun Liu*
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China; and Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Graphite and Graphene for Energy Storage and Coating, Hohhot 010051, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: nan1980732@163.com
b)e-mail: clxylj@163.com
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Abstract

Metal oxides are promising candidates as the anodes of next-generation lithium ion batteries. However, the low electronic conductivities hinder their practical applications. Herein, through a facile calcination process using ammonium bicarbonate (NH4HCO3) as the N source, the nitrogen heteroelement was introduced into the ZnO/CoO micro-/nanospheres, which greatly improves the conductivity of the composites. As the lithium-ion battery anode, the N-doped ZnO/CoO micro-/nanosphere demonstrates much enhanced electrochemical performance. It displays a high initial capacity of 911.8 mA h/g at a current density of 0.2 A/g and long-term cycling stability, with a reversible capacity of 977.8 mA h/g remained after 500 cycles at a current density of 1 A/g. Furthermore, the N-doped ZnO/CoO composite presents an outstanding rate performance, with 605 mA h/g remained even at 5 A/g. The excellent electrochemical properties make N-doped ZnO/CoO micro-/nanospheres a promising candidate as high-performance anodes for next-generation rechargeable LIBs.

Keywords

nitrogen dopingzinc/cobalt mixed oxidemicro-/nanosphereslithium-ion batterieshigh rate capability
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 18 , 30 September 2019 , pp. 3204 - 3211
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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