High performance carbon-based materials are ideal electrode materials for Li-ion capacitors (LICs), but there are still many challenges such as the complicated preparation preocesses, high cost and low yield. Also,...
Uniquely designed hierarchical architecture of hybrid carbon-encapsulated porous hollow nanotubes with favorable routes and sites for Li ion insertion/extraction, resulting in improved high-rate performance and cycling stability.
A rapid microwave hydrothermal process is adopted for the synthesis of titanium dioxide and reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites as high-performance anode materials for Li-ion batteries.
Hierarchically porous carbon architectures composed of a micro-sized porous carbon sphere matrix embedded with hollow nanocapsules are configured, demonstrating a large capacity and an ultra-high rate capability in lithium ion batteries.