Kim H, Kim MC, Kim SB, Kim YS, Choi JH, Park KW. Porous SnO2 nanostructure with a high specific surface area for improved electrochemical performance.
RSC Adv 2020;
10:10519-10525. [PMID:
35492898 PMCID:
PMC9050381 DOI:
10.1039/d0ra00531b]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Tin oxide (SnO2) has been attractive as an alternative to carbon-based anode materials because of its fairly high theoretical capacity during cycling. However, SnO2 has critical drawbacks, such as poor cycle stability caused by a large volumetric variation during the alloying/de-alloying reaction and low capacity at a high current density due to its low electrical conductivity. In this study, we synthesized a porous SnO2 nanostructure (n-SnO2) that has a high specific surface area as an anode active material using the Adams fusion method. From the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis and transmission electron microscopy, the as-prepared SnO2 sample was found to have a mesoporous structure with a fairly high surface area of 122 m2 g−1 consisting of highly-crystalline nanoparticles with an average particle size of 5.5 nm. Compared to a commercial SnO2, n-SnO2 showed significantly improved electrochemical performance because of its increased specific surface area and short Li+ ion pathway. Furthermore, during 50 cycles at a high current density of 800 mA g−1, n-SnO2 exhibited a high initial capacity of 1024 mA h g−1 and enhanced retention of 53.6% compared to c-SnO2 (496 mA h g−1 and 23.5%).
A porous SnO2 nanostructure as an anode active material showed significantly improved electrochemical performance.![]()
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