Decorating ZnO nanoflakes on carbon cloth: Free-standing, highly stable lithium-ion battery anodes. Issue 13 (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yan, Yaping; Wang, Bo; Yan, Changzeng; Kang, Dae Joon
• Is Part Of: Ceramics international. Volume 45:Issue 13(2019)
• Page Start: 15906
• Page End: 15912
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Zinc oxide -- Ultrathin nanoflakes -- Free-standing -- Flexible -- Lithium-ion battery; Ceramics -- Periodicals; Céramique industrielle -- Périodiques; Ceramics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 666
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.05.097
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-8842

Abstract

Abstract: A facile chemical bath deposition method to grow 10-nm-thick ZnO nanoflakes (NFs) on carbon cloth (CC) was developed; further, free-standing, flexible lithium-ion -battery (LIB) anodes with good electrical contact between current collector and the active substance were prepared. The as-prepared ZnO NFs/CC-based LIB anodes showed a high specific capacity of 1754 mAh g −1 at a current density of 0.1 A g −1, a capacity retention of almost 52.9% at a current density of 2 A g −1, as well as high rate capability. Moreover, the anodes demonstrated a high capacity with reversiblity of approximately 1650 mAh g −1 and only 6% capacity fading at a current density of 0.1 A g −1, even after 100 cycles. These results imply that the synthesized, unique ZnO NFs/CC nanostructures can be employed as high-efficiency anode materials for flexible LIBs.