Abstract
Iron oxide is intensively explored for its high capacity and abundant reserves. Suffering from poor conductivity and huge volume variation during repeating lithiation/delithiation, the capacity decays quickly. Herein, carbon coated porous iron oxide nanotubes (FeOx@C) is synthesized via hydrothermal method and subsequent annealing to achieve cycling stability. FeOx@C-2 exhibits excellent rate capability and superior cycling life. As anode material for lithium ion batteries, it delivers a high reversible capacity of 948.5 mAh g−1 at 2 A g−1 after 500 cycles. The initial coulombic efficiency is 88.7% and nearly 100% in the following cycles. The superior electrochemical performance belongs to improved electrical conductivity of carbon coating layer and exceptional stress relaxation of porous hollow structure of nanotube.
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