Facile synthesis of metal oxide/reduced graphene oxide hybrids with high lithium storage capacity and stable cyclability

• Main Authors: Yan, Qingyu, Lou, David Xiong Wen, Chen, Xiaodong, Zhang, Hua, Hng, Huey Hoon, Zhu, Jixin, Zhu, Ting, Zhou, Xiaozhu, Zhang, Yanyan
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Inorganic chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106631; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8381
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report an environment-friendly approach to synthesize transition metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs)/ reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets hybrids by combining the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) with the growth of metal oxide NPs in one step. Either Fe2O3 or CoO NPs were grown onto rGO sheets...