High lithium storage in micrometre sized mesoporous spherical self-assembly of anatase titania nanospheres and carbon

Das, Shyamal Kumar and Darmakolla, Srikarrao and Bhattacharyya, Aninda Jiban (2010) High lithium storage in micrometre sized mesoporous spherical self-assembly of anatase titania nanospheres and carbon. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (8). pp. 1600-1606.

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Abstract

Composite of anatase titania (TiO2) nanospheres and carbon grown and self-assembled into micron-sized mesoporous spheres via a solvothermal synthesis route are discussed here in the context of rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The morphology and carbon content and hence the electrochemical performance are observed to be significantly influenced by the synthesis parameters. Synthesis conditions resulting in a mesoporous arrangement of an optimized amount carbon and TiO2 exhibited the best lithium battery performance. The first discharge cycle capacity of carbon-titania mesoporous spheres (solvothermal reaction at 150 degrees C at 6 h, calcination at 500 degrees C under air, BET surface area 80 m(2)g(-1)) was 334 mAhg(-1) (approximately 1 Li) at current rate of 0.066 Ag-1. High storage capacity and good cyclability is attributed to the nanostructuring of TiO2 (mesoporosity) as well as due to formation of a percolation network of carbon around the TiO2 nanoparticles. The micron-sized mesoporous spheres of carbon-titania composite nanoparticles also show good rate cyclability in the range (0.066-6.67) Ag-1.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2010 07:20
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:55
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/25793

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