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3D Hierarchical Flower-Like Cobalt Ferrite Nanoclusters-Decorated Cotton Carbon Fiber anode with Improved Lithium Storage Performance

  • Meng, Yanshuang (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology) ;
  • Cheng, Yulong (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology) ;
  • Ke, Xinyou (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University) ;
  • Ren, Guofeng (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University) ;
  • Zhu, Fuliang (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology)
  • Received : 2020.11.18
  • Accepted : 2021.01.26
  • Published : 2021.05.28
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Abstract

The inverse spinel Cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4, CFO) is considered to be a promising alternative to commercial graphite anodes for lithium ion batteries (LIBs). However, the further development of CFO is limited by its unstable structure during battery cycling and low electrical conductivity. In an effort to address the challenge, we construct three-dimensional hierarchical flower-like CFO nanoclusters (CFO NCs)-decorated carbonized cotton carbon fiber (CFO NCs/CCF) composite. This structure is consisted of microfibers and nanoflower cluster composited of CFO nanoparticle, in which CCF can be used as a long-range conductive matrix, while flower-like CFO NCs can provide abundant active sites, large electrode/electrolyte interface, short lithium ion diffusion path, and alleviated structural stress. As anode materials in LIBs, the flower-like CFO NCs/CCF exhibits excellent electrochemical performance. After 100 cycles at a current density of 0.3 A g-1, the CFO NCs/CCF delivers a discharge/charge capacity of 1008/990 mAh g-1. Even at a high current density of 15 A g-1, it still maintains a charge/discharge capacity of 362/361 mAh g-1.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52064035), and the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (Grant No. 20JR10RA166).

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