Formation of Uniform Fe3 O4 Hollow Spheres Organized by Ultrathin Nanosheets and Their Excellent Lithium Storage Properties

Fei-Xiang Ma; Han Hu; Hao Bin Wu; Cheng-Yan Xu; Zhichuan Xu; Liang Zhen; Xiong Wen David Lou

doi:10.1002/adma.201501130

Formation of Uniform Fe3 O4 Hollow Spheres Organized by Ultrathin Nanosheets and Their Excellent Lithium Storage Properties

Adv Mater. 2015 Jul 15;27(27):4097-101. doi: 10.1002/adma.201501130. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

Authors

Fei-Xiang Ma^{1

2}, Han Hu¹, Hao Bin Wu¹, Cheng-Yan Xu², Zhichuan Xu³, Liang Zhen², Xiong Wen David Lou¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China.
³ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.

PMID: 26038182
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501130

Abstract

Hierarchical Fe3 O4 hollow spheres constructed by nanosheets are obtained from solvothermally synthesized Fe-glycerate hollow spheres. With the unique structural features, these hierarchical Fe3 O4 hollow spheres exhibit excellent electrochemical lithium-storage performance.

Keywords: Fe3O4; anodes; hollow spheres; iron oxide; lithium-ion batteries.