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A facile strategy for Co3O4/Co nanoparticles encapsulated in porous N-doped carbon nanofibers towards enhanced lithium storage performance

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Well-designed nano-hybrids are of great interests in the field of electrode materials for rechargeable Li ion batteries, because they promise new hope to solve the current key issues. In this work, Co3O4 and Co nanoparticles were loaded onto the porous N-doped carbon nanofibers by a simple and scalable electrospinning route, followed by multiple calcinations. XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM were employed to investigate the chemical composition and microstructure of the obtained products. When evaluated as an anode material, the as-prepared Co3O4/Co/N-doped porous carbon nanofibers nanostructured composites offer excellent battery performance in terms of relative high reversible capacity, long cyclic lifespan and rate performances. In particularly, the reversible capacities could remain at 663 mAh/g and 448 mAh/g at high current densities of 500 mA/g and 1000 mA/g after 350 cycles, respectively. The superior lithium storage performance is ascribed to the high temperature induced metal Co, well-dispersed Co3O4/Co nanoparticles and the N-doped porous carbon nanofibers. Furthermore, this strategy of designing nano-hybrids can also be applied to other transition metal oxides as anodes.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant Nos. 51671155, 51701149 and 51601140]; the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China-State Grid Corporation [Grant No. U1866203]; Postdoctoral Science Foundation [Grant No. 2015M580838]; the Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province [Grant No. 2017C31098]; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; the World-Class Universities (Disciplines) and the Characteristic Development Guidance Funds for the Central Universities. We also appreciate Dr. Chang Huang’s help for XRD analysis and Dr. Jiamei Liu’s help for XPS and TGA analysis at Instrument Analysis Center of Xi’an Jiaotong University.

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Zhang, Y., Shi, Q., Song, J. et al. A facile strategy for Co3O4/Co nanoparticles encapsulated in porous N-doped carbon nanofibers towards enhanced lithium storage performance. J Porous Mater 27, 1–9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-019-00785-z

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