Synthesis of cobalt phosphides and their application as anodes for lithium ion batteries

• Main Authors: Hoster, Harry E., Yang, Dan, Zhu, Jixin, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Cai, Ren, Yu, Denis Yau Wai, Hng, Huey Hoon, Yan, Qingyu
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99739; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17732
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A facile thermal decomposing method has been developed for the fabrication of CoxP nanostructures with controlled size, phase, and shape (e.g., Co2P rod and spheres, CoP hollow and solid particles). An amorphous carbon layer could be introduced by the carbonization of organic surfactants from the pr...