Facile synthesis of SnO 2 nanocrystals coated conducting polymer nanowires for enhanced lithium storage

Zhijia Du, Shichao Zhang, Tao Jiang, Xiaomeng Wu, Lan Zhang, Hua Fang

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Abstract

SnO 2 nanoparticles uniformly decorated polypyrrole (PPy) nanowires are synthesized by a facile two-step electrochemical reaction method: electropolymerization and electrodeposition. The nanostructured SnO 2-PPy hybrids show porous reticular morphology and homogenous distributions. The reticular SnO 2-PPy nanowires can increase the electrode/electrolyte interface and accommodate the volume variation of SnO 2. When applied as anode materials for lithium ion batteries, the unique nanostructured hybrids deliver meaningfully improved Li + storage performance with the first reversible capacity of 690 mAh g -1. This facile synthesis procedure can also be simply grafted to other inorganic-organic hybrid composites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-203
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Power Sources
Volume219
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2012
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 50954005 , 51074011 ), National Basic Research Program of China ( 2007CB936502 ), National 863 Program ( 2006AA03Z230 and 2008AA03Z208 ), and the Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by China Ministry of Education .

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China50954005, 51074011
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
National High-tech Research and Development Program2006AA03Z230, 2008AA03Z208
National Key Research and Development Program of China2007CB936502

    Keywords

    • Conducting polymers
    • Lithium ion battery
    • Nanowires
    • SnO nanoparticles

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