Amorphous CoSnO3@C nanoboxes with superior lithium storage capability

• Main Authors: Lou, David Xiong Wen, Wang, Zhiyu, Wang, Zichen, Liu, Wenting, Xiao, Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biochemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98336; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17469
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Amorphous CoSnO3@C nanoboxes have been synthesized by thermal annealing of CoSn(OH)6 nanoboxes, followed by carbon nanocoating. Benifiting from the unique structure, they exhibit exceptional long-term cycling stability over 400 cycles for highly reversible lithium storage.