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Published on: November 11, 2013
Exploration of VPO4 as a new anode material for sodium-ion batteries
Xinghui Liang1, Xing Ou, Hong Dai
1Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials, New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China. esouxing@mail.scut.edu.cn esyangc@scut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Carbon-coated VPO4 nanoparticles embedded into a porous carbon matrix were synthesized via a facile sol-gel approach and investigated as a novel polyanion anode material for sodium-ion batteries. The VPO4@carbon anode demonstrates excellent rate capability and superior cyclic stability (245.3 mA h g-1 at 1000 mA g-1 after 200 cycles).
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