Fe2O3 nanocrystals anchored onto graphene nanosheets as the anode material for low-cost sodium-ion batteries

Zelang Jian; Bin Zhao; Pan Liu; Fujun Li; Mingbo Zheng; Mingwei Chen; Yi Shi; Haoshen Zhou

doi:10.1039/c3cc47977c

Fe2O3 nanocrystals anchored onto graphene nanosheets as the anode material for low-cost sodium-ion batteries

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 7;50(10):1215-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47977c.

Authors

Zelang Jian¹, Bin Zhao, Pan Liu, Fujun Li, Mingbo Zheng, Mingwei Chen, Yi Shi, Haoshen Zhou

Affiliation

¹ Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8568, Japan. hs.zhou@aist.go.jp.

PMID: 24336605
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47977c

Abstract

Fe2O3 nanocrystals were uniformly anchored onto graphene nanosheets (Fe2O3@GNS) by a nanocasting technique, and the resulting composites were applied as anodes of sodium-ion batteries. Fe2O3@GNS exhibits excellent cycling performance and rate capability.