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Tin-Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Elastic Hollow Carbon Spheres for High-Performance Anode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries†

  1. Wei-Ming Zhang1,2,
  2. Jin-Song Hu1,
  3. Yu-Guo Guo1,
  4. Shu-Fa Zheng1,2,
  5. Liang-Shu Zhong1,2,
  6. Wei-Guo Song1,
  7. Li-Jun Wan1,*

Article first published online: 27 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200701364

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 6, pages 1160–1165, March 18, 2008

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Zhang, W.-M., Hu, J.-S., Guo, Y.-G., Zheng, S.-F., Zhong, L.-S., Song, W.-G. and Wan, L.-J. (2008), Tin-Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Elastic Hollow Carbon Spheres for High-Performance Anode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries. Adv. Mater., 20: 1160–1165. doi: 10.1002/adma.200701364

Author Information

  1. 1

    Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100080 (P.R. China)

  2. 2

    Graduate School of CAS Beijing 100080 (P.R. China)

*Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100080 (P.R. China)

  1. †

    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20603041, 20673121, 50730005, and 20575070), National Key Project on Basic Research (Grant No. 2006CB806100), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the authors.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 MAR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 27 FEB 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 28 SEP 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 6 JUN 2007

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Keywords:

  • nanoparticles;
  • lithium-ion batteries;
  • hollow particles;
  • encapsulation
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A new approach was designed to synthesize tin-nanoparticles encapsulated in elastic hollow carbon spheres (TNHCs) with uniform size, in which tin nanoparticles with a diameter <100 nm were encapsulated in one thin hollow carbon sphere. The content of tin is up to over 70% by weight, andthe void volume inside the TNHCsis as high as 70–80%, which can accommodate the volume after expansion. This tin-based nanocomposite exhibits a great potential as an anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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