One-step microwave synthesized core-shell structured selenium@carbon spheres as cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries.

Abstract

A core-shell structured selenium@carbon composite material was obtained by a facile one-step microwave synthesis method. The uniform carbon shells coated on selenium spheres greatly minimized the shuttle effect of Li-Se cells. The morphology analysis of the cathodes after different cycles revealed that the Se cores were perfectly confined inside the unbroken C shells all through the 100 cycles.