1. Characterization of Fe2O3/Graphene Composites Synthesized using an In Situ Reaction of Inexpensive Graphite Oxide and FeCl3.
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Chen, Yan, Zhang, Shuang, Feng, Yuanyuan, Yang, Gang, Ji, Hongmei, and Miao, Xiaowei
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COMPOSITE materials ,GRAPHENE oxide ,IRON ions ,LITHIUM-ion batteries ,FUNCTIONAL groups ,SUPERIONIC conductors - Abstract
The use of inexpensive graphite oxide (GO) as a carbon source, instead of the expensive reduced graphene oxide (rGO), is essential to prepare metal oxide/rGO composites. In this work, we investigated the in situ reaction of GO and FeCl3 to produce Fe2O3/rGO composites as anode materials for high‐energy lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). In this reaction, iron ions combined with the oxygen‐containing functional groups of GO, which subsequently grew into Fe2O3 nanoparticles, whereas the GO transformed into rGO under hydrothermal conditions. In the composite Fe2O3−rGOx samples, intergranular gaps in the Fe2O3 sub‐micron particles evidently increased the contact between the Fe2O3 active material and the electrolyte, which improved the Li‐ion conductivity and electrochemical performance of the Fe2O3−rGOx composites. The Fe2O3−rGO2 sample showed the best cyclic performance and delivered the highest capacity of all samples. The initial discharge and charge capacities of Fe2O3−rGO2 were 1086.3 and 722.4 mAh g−1, respectively. After 100 cycles, the discharge specific capacity of Fe2O3−rGO2 was 653.2 mAh g−1 and the coulombic efficiency was 98.4 %. We found that an appropriate weight ratio and composite morphology of Fe2O3−rGOx were important in influencing the electrochemical properties of the composite anode materials for high‐energy LIBs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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