Abstract
Constructing heterojunctions holds huge potential for tuning material properties owing to the built-in charge transfer driving force, which is beneficial for the migration behavior of Li-ions. While both the electrochemistry and heterojunctions of alloying-type anodes have been studied, the role of heterojunctions in improving the Li-ion storage performance of conversion-type anodes is unclear. In this work, porous Co 3 O 4 /TiO 2 nanosheets (P-Co 3 O 4 /TiO 2 NSs) were fabricated to successfully construct a p-n junction by coating n-type TiO 2 on p-type Co 3 O 4 NSs. The formation of the built-in electric field in the p-n junction significantly facilitates the charge transfer kinetics and the amorphous TiO 2 layer accommodates the volume change of the Co 3 O 4 NSs, manifesting the superiority of applying the p-n junction in a conversion-type anode for the first time. When evaluated as lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes, the P-Co 3 O 4 /TiO 2 NSs deliver high specific capacity, long-term cycling stability and remarkable rate capability (801 mA h g -1 after 1600 cycles at a current density of 2 A g -1 ).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 909-915 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Materials Chemistry Frontiers |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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