High-performance and ultra-stable lithium-ion batteries based on MOF-derived ZnO@ZnO quantum dots/C core-shell nanorod arrays on a carbon cloth anode

Guanhua Zhang; Sucheng Hou; Hang Zhang; Wei Zeng; Feilong Yan; Cheng Chao Li; Huigao Duan

doi:10.1002/adma.201405222

High-performance and ultra-stable lithium-ion batteries based on MOF-derived ZnO@ZnO quantum dots/C core-shell nanorod arrays on a carbon cloth anode

Adv Mater. 2015 Apr 8;27(14):2400-5. doi: 10.1002/adma.201405222. Epub 2015 Feb 27.

Authors

Guanhua Zhang¹, Sucheng Hou, Hang Zhang, Wei Zeng, Feilong Yan, Cheng Chao Li, Huigao Duan

Affiliation

¹ School of Physics and Electronics, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China.

PMID: 25728828
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201405222

Abstract

MOF-derived ZnO@ZnO Quantum Dots/C core-shell nanorod arrays grown on flexible carbon cloth are successfully fabricated as a binder-free anode for Li-ion storage. In combination with the advantages from the ZnO/C core-shell architecture and the 3D nanorod arrays, this material satisfies both efficient ion and fast electron transport, and thus shows superior rate capability and excellent cycling stability.

Keywords: ZnO/C nanorod arrays; anode materials; core-shell materials; flexible carbon cloths; lithium-ion batteries.