Abstract
In this paper, a new hierarchical hollow α-Fe2O3 nanostructure that has a nanosphere morphology of approximately 250 nm in diameter integrated with ensembles of 15 nm diameter nanotubes is designed and engineered through a simple, economical, and green chemical approach. As an anode material for Li-ion batteries, the engineered hierarchical hollow α-Fe2O3 nanostructure exhibits significantly improved Li storage capability and good cycling stability, with a reversible capacity of 965 mA h g-1 that is retained beyond 200 cycles. Furthermore, this engineered nanostructure showed excellent rate performance superior to that of α-Fe2O3-based battery anodes reported previously.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 14687-14692 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry A |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 38 |
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| State | Published - 2016 |