Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction

TiNb2O7 (TNO) compound has been pursued tremendously due to its high theoretical capacity, high potential, and excellent cycle stability. Unfortunately, an intrinsic low electronic and ionic conductivity feature has restricted its broad applications in electrochemical energy storage fields. Two-dime...

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Autores principales: Lei Hu, Xulai Yang, Yumeng Chen, Lili Wang, Jiajia Li, Yujie Tang, Haitao Zhang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8a13a96478a74cda83eaaccdedf0ca592021-12-01T11:16:53ZFacile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction2296-598X10.3389/fenrg.2021.794527https://doaj.org/article/8a13a96478a74cda83eaaccdedf0ca592021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2021.794527/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-598XTiNb2O7 (TNO) compound has been pursued tremendously due to its high theoretical capacity, high potential, and excellent cycle stability. Unfortunately, an intrinsic low electronic and ionic conductivity feature has restricted its broad applications in electrochemical energy storage fields. Two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures can effectively shorten Li-ion transport path and enhance charge transfer. Here, hierarchical structure TNO was constructed by using ethanol and acetic acid as particularly important organic chemicals of basic raw materials via a simple solvothermal reaction. Ethanol was found to play a critical role in the formation of 2D sheet structure. Meantime, reduced graphene oxide nanosheets can effectively improve electronic conductivity. As-obtained TiNb2O7 were wrapped further by graphene oxide nanosheets through a flocculation process. Their unique structure is beneficial to the final electrochemical performance. This study not only provides a general approach for the design of novel 2D nanomaterials wrapped by graphene because of the advantage of esterification reaction and flocculation reaction, but also improves the electronic and ionic conductivity simultaneously.Lei HuLei HuXulai YangYumeng ChenLili WangLili WangJiajia LiYujie TangHaitao ZhangHaitao ZhangFrontiers Media S.A.articleTiNb2O7esterification reactiontwo-dimensional sheetgrapheneli ion batteriesGeneral WorksAENFrontiers in Energy Research, Vol 9 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic TiNb2O7
esterification reaction
two-dimensional sheet
graphene
li ion batteries
General Works
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spellingShingle TiNb2O7
esterification reaction
two-dimensional sheet
graphene
li ion batteries
General Works
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Lei Hu
Lei Hu
Xulai Yang
Yumeng Chen
Lili Wang
Lili Wang
Jiajia Li
Yujie Tang
Haitao Zhang
Haitao Zhang
Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction
description TiNb2O7 (TNO) compound has been pursued tremendously due to its high theoretical capacity, high potential, and excellent cycle stability. Unfortunately, an intrinsic low electronic and ionic conductivity feature has restricted its broad applications in electrochemical energy storage fields. Two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures can effectively shorten Li-ion transport path and enhance charge transfer. Here, hierarchical structure TNO was constructed by using ethanol and acetic acid as particularly important organic chemicals of basic raw materials via a simple solvothermal reaction. Ethanol was found to play a critical role in the formation of 2D sheet structure. Meantime, reduced graphene oxide nanosheets can effectively improve electronic conductivity. As-obtained TiNb2O7 were wrapped further by graphene oxide nanosheets through a flocculation process. Their unique structure is beneficial to the final electrochemical performance. This study not only provides a general approach for the design of novel 2D nanomaterials wrapped by graphene because of the advantage of esterification reaction and flocculation reaction, but also improves the electronic and ionic conductivity simultaneously.
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author Lei Hu
Lei Hu
Xulai Yang
Yumeng Chen
Lili Wang
Lili Wang
Jiajia Li
Yujie Tang
Haitao Zhang
Haitao Zhang
author_facet Lei Hu
Lei Hu
Xulai Yang
Yumeng Chen
Lili Wang
Lili Wang
Jiajia Li
Yujie Tang
Haitao Zhang
Haitao Zhang
author_sort Lei Hu
title Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction
title_short Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction
title_full Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction
title_fullStr Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction
title_full_unstemmed Facile Construction of Hierarchical TiNb2O7/rGO Nanoflower With Robust Charge Storage Properties for Li Ion Batteries via an Esterification Reaction
title_sort facile construction of hierarchical tinb2o7/rgo nanoflower with robust charge storage properties for li ion batteries via an esterification reaction
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/8a13a96478a74cda83eaaccdedf0ca59
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