2016-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2016 Volume 11: Physics, Advanced/Multifunctional Materials, Composite, Quasi-crystals, Coating
| Editors: | Kongoli F, Marquis F, Lu L, Xia H, Masset P, Rokicki P |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Pages: | 180 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-56-0 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Wet-chemical synthesis of nanostructured titania for lithium storage
Wei Wen1;1, Haikou, China;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 345
Topic: 21
Abstract:
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are promising energy storage devices for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and power-grid applications. It is desirable to develop a simple and scalable method for constructions of sustainable materials for safe LIBs with high rate performance. Titania has superior safety and better rate performance than graphite, the state-of-the-art anode material for LIBs; however, its electrochemical performance is still hindered by the sluggish Li-ion diffusion and poor electronic conductivity. Herein, we present the synthesis of hydrogen titanate ultrathin nanobelts via a wet-chemistry route at ambient conditions. With the morphology remained stable, the hydrogen titanate can be easily converted to anatase TiO2 by a subsequent calcination. The resultant anatase nanobelts show excellent performances when utilized as an anode for LIBs. Moreover, this synthetic strategy can be used to fabricate TiO2 nano-trees, which demonstrate high areal/volumetric capacities for lithium-ion micro-batteries.