INDUCED ELECTRODEPOSITION OF AMORPHOUS MOLYBDENUM (IV) OXIDE FILM BY Ni2+ AND ITS ABILITY OF LITHIUM STORAGE
Amorphous molybdenum oxide films with almost 20[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m thickness are electrodeposited on the Cu foils from a citrate-ammonia molybdate bath containing Ni[Formula: see text] ions. The content of Ni in the oxide films is very low, 0.87 at.%. XRD and FTIR data suggest that they are composed of hydrous MoO2. The multilayer and cracked structures are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and are beneficial to transmission of Li[Formula: see text] ions between the electrolyte and anode materials. Galvanostatic battery testing shows that amorphous molybdenum (IV) oxides as anodes for lithium-ion batteries exhibit a high specific capacity of 876[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]h[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] at a current density of 50[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text], good capacity retention as high as 97.4% after 20 cycles.