Formation of Fe2O3 microboxes with hierarchical shell structures from metal–organic frameworks and their lithium storage properties

Fe2O3 microboxes with hierarchically structured shells have been synthesized simply by annealing Prussian blue (PB) microcubes. By utilizing simultaneous oxidative decomposition of PB microcubes and crystal growth of iron oxide shells, we have demonstrated a scalable synthesis of anisotropic hollow...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Lei, Wu, Hao Bin, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Hng, Huey Hoon, Lou, David Xiong Wen
Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95830
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11205
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Fe2O3 microboxes with hierarchically structured shells have been synthesized simply by annealing Prussian blue (PB) microcubes. By utilizing simultaneous oxidative decomposition of PB microcubes and crystal growth of iron oxide shells, we have demonstrated a scalable synthesis of anisotropic hollow structures with various shell architectures. When evaluated as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, the Fe2O3 microboxes with a well-defined hollow structure and hierarchical shell manifested high specific capacity (950 mA h g–1 at 200 mA g–1) and excellent cycling performance.