Flexible, Freestanding, and Binder-free SnOx–ZnO/Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes

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• 作者：Bhavana N. Joshi ; Seongpil An ; Hong Seok Jo ; Kyo Yong Song ; Hyun Goo Park ; Sunwoo Hwang ; Salem S. Al-Deyab ; Woo Young Yoon ; Sam S. Yoon
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 13, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：14
• 页码：9446-9453
• 全文大小：600K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Here, we demonstrate the production of electrospun SnO_x–ZnO polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers (NFs) that are flexible, freestanding, and binder-free. This NF fabric is flexible and thus can be readily tailored into a coin for further cell fabrication. These properties allow volume expansion of the oxide materials and provide shortened diffusion pathways for Li ions than those achieved using the nanoparticle approach. Amorphous SnO_x–ZnO particles were uniformly dispersed in the carbon NF (CNF). The SnO_x–ZnO CNFs with a Sn:Zn ratio of 3:1 exhibited a superior reversible capacity of 963 mA·h·g^–1 after 55 cycles at a current density of 100 mA·g^–1, which is three times higher than the capacity of graphite-based anodes. The amorphous NFs facilitated Li₂O decomposition, thereby enhancing the reversible capacity. ZnO prevented the aggregation of Sn, which, in turn, conferred stable and high discharge capacity to the cell. Overall, the SnO_x–ZnO CNFs were shown to exhibit remarkably high capacity retention and high reversible and rate capacities as Li ion battery anodes.