Supramolecular hydrogel directed self-assembly of C- and N-doped hollow CuO as high-performance anode materials for Li-ion batteries

Fucong Lyu; Sicen Yu; Minchan Li; Zhenyu Wang; Bo Nan; Shaofei Wu; Lujie Cao; Zhifang Sun; Mingyang Yang; Wenxi Wang; Chaoqun Shang; Zhouguang Lu

doi:10.1039/c6cc09702b

Supramolecular hydrogel directed self-assembly of C- and N-doped hollow CuO as high-performance anode materials for Li-ion batteries

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Feb 9;53(13):2138-2141. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09702b.

Authors

Fucong Lyu¹, Sicen Yu¹, Minchan Li¹, Zhenyu Wang¹, Bo Nan¹, Shaofei Wu¹, Lujie Cao¹, Zhifang Sun¹, Mingyang Yang¹, Wenxi Wang¹, Chaoqun Shang¹, Zhouguang Lu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science & Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, P. R. China. [email protected].

PMID: 28134387
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09702b

Abstract

A novel hollow-structured CuO derived from chitosan-coated Cu/Cu₂O composite hollow spheres was mass produced via a supramolecular hydrogel templating method and homogeneously co-doped with C and N. Evaluation of the as-produced co-doped CuO hollow spheres as anode materials for Li ion batteries showed that they had superior electrochemical properties.