Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.497, 350-358, 2017
Porous CuO/reduced graphene oxide composites synthesized from metal-organic frameworks as anodes for high-performance sodium-ion batteries
Currently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivates have attracted great interest as a new kind of electrode material for energy storage devices, mainly due to their designable framework structures, abundant pore structures, adjustable pore and particle sizes. In this work, porous CuO/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composites were obtained through the pyrolysis of Cu-based MOFs/graphene oxide under microwave irradiation, and investigated as anode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). CuO/RGO composites exhibit a maximum specific capacity of 466.6 mA h g(-1) after 50 galvanostatic charge/discharge cycles at a current density of 100 mA g(-1). Even at a high current density of 2 A g(-1), a capacity of 347.6 mA h g(-1) is still maintained with stable cycling. The superior electrochemical performance, which is better than those of CuO-based electrodes reported previously, makes the CuO/RGO composites to be applied promisingly as anodes for high-performance SIBs. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Sodium-ion batteries;Anode material;CuO/RGO;Microwave-assisted method;Metal-organic frameworks