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Facile and surfactant-free synthesis of SnO2-graphene hybrids as high performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

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A facile microwave-assisted ethylene glycol method is developed to synthesize the SnO2 nanoparticles dispersed on or encapsulated in reduced graphene oxide (SnO2-rGO) hybrids. The morphology, structure, and composition of SnO2-rGO are investigated by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope, thermo-gravimetric analyzer, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The electrochemical performance of SnO2-rGO as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries was tested by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge–discharge cycling, and rate capability test. It is found that the SnO2 nanoparticles with a uniform distribution have p-type doping effect with rGO nanosheets. The as-prepared SnO2-rGO hybrids exhibit remarkable lithium storage capacity and cycling stability, and the possible mechanism involved is also discussed. Their capacity is 1222 mAhg−1 in the first cycle and maintains at 700 mAhg−1 after 100 cycles. This good performance can be mainly attributed to the unique nanostructure, good structure stability, more space for volume expansion of SnO2, and mass transfer of Li+ during cycling.

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This work was financially supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Project No. ZR2009BM012, Project No. 2012BSC01014, and Project No. ZR2013BM023).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Biomass Gasification Technology of Shandong Province, Energy Research Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250014, China

    Chunhui Tan, Gai Yang, Suqin Hu & Xianzhong Qin

  2. Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China

    Chunhui Tan

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Shenlong Zhao

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Tan, C., Zhao, S., Yang, G. et al. Facile and surfactant-free synthesis of SnO2-graphene hybrids as high performance anode for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 21, 987–994 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-014-1258-1

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