A Flexible Film toward High-Performance Lithium Storage: Designing Nanosheet-Assembled Hollow Single-Hole Ni-Co-Mn-O Spheres with Oxygen Vacancy Embedded in 3D Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Network

摘要

Ternary transition metal oxides (TMOs) are highly potential electrode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to abundant defects and synergistic effects with various metal elements in a single structure. However, low electronic/ionic conductivity and severe volume change hamper their practical application for lithium storage. Herein, nanosheetassembled hollow single-hole Ni-Co-Mn oxide (NHSNCM) spheres with oxygen vacancies can be obtained through a facile hydrothermal reaction, which makes both ends of each nanosheet exposed to sufficient free space for volume variation, electrolyte for extra active surface area, and dual ion diffusion paths compared with airtight hollow structures. Furthermore, oxygen vacancies could improve ion/electronic transport and ion insertion/ extraction process of NHSNCM spheres. Thus, oxygen-vacancy-rich NHSNCM spheres embedded into a 3D porous carbon nanotube/graphene network as the anode film ensure efficient electrolyte infiltration into both the exterior and interior of porous and open spheres for a high utilization of the active material, showing an excellent electrochemical performance for LIBs (1595 mAh g~(?1) over 300 cycles at 2 A g~(?1), 441.6 mAh g~(?1) over 4000 cycles at 10 A g~(?1)). Besides, this straightforward synthetic method opens an efficacious avenue for the construction of various nanosheet-assembled hollow singlehole TMO spheres for potential applications.