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Green fabrication of sandwich-like and dodecahedral C@Fe3O4@C as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

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Sandwich-structured C@Fe3O4@C hybrids with Fe3O4 nanoparticles sandwiched between two conductive carbon layers have attracted more and more attention owing to enhanced synergistic effects for lithium-ion storage. In this work, an environment-friendly procedure is developed for the fabrication of sandwich-like C@Fe3O4@C dodecahedrons. Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8)-derived carbon dodecahedrons (ZIF-C) are used as the carbon matrix, on which iron precursors are homogeneously grown with the assistance of a polyelectrolyte layer. The subsequent polydopamine (PDA) coating and calcination give rise to the formation of sandwiched ZIF-C@Fe3O4@C. When being evaluated as the anode material for lithium-ion batteries, the obtained hybrid manifests a high reversible capacity (1194 mAh g−1 at 0.05 A g−1), good high-rate behavior (796 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1), and negligible capacity loss after 120 cycles.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China (No. 2015MS0517) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 21543010 and 21301124).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Chifeng University, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, 024000, China

    Ge Liu

  2. College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hezhou University, Hezhou, Guangxi, 542899, China

    Jie Shao, Youjun Gao & Zheng Chen

  3. College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215006, China

    Jie Shao & Qunting Qu

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Liu, G., Shao, J., Gao, Y. et al. Green fabrication of sandwich-like and dodecahedral C@Fe3O4@C as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 21, 2593–2600 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3667-3

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