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Bio-inspired synthesis of transition-metal oxide hybrid ultrathin nanosheets for enhancing the cycling stability in lithium-ion batteries

Yan-Ru Wang1,§, Qing-Feng Zhuang2,§, Yi Li1, Ya-Lin Hu1, Yang-Yi Liu1( ), Qiao-Bao Zhang4, Lei Shi1, Chuan-Xin He3, Xiao Zheng2, Shu-Hong Yu1( )
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Division of Theoretical and Computational Sciences, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China

§ Yan-Ru Wang and Qing-Feng Zhuang contributed equally to this work.

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Hybrid ultrathin CuO/Fe2O3 nanosheets can be synthesized via a bio-inspired strategy. Thecomposition of such hybrid nanosheets can be simply controlled by the CuO NSs growth modifiersdecorated with various contents of polyvinylpyrrolidone, which opens a convenient approachto optimize the performance of such hybrid nanosheets anodes in lithium-ion batteries.

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Constructing two-dimensional (2D) structures for transition-metal oxides (TMOs) can optimize their electronic structures and enable high specific surface areas, thereby offering routes to enhancing the performance of TMOs in energy storage and conversion. However, most 2D TMOs, e.g., Fe2O3, remain so far synthetically challenging due to their intrinsic non-layered structures. Herein, inspired by the mechanism of biomineralization, we report the synthesis of CuO/Fe2O3 hybrid ultrathin nanosheets by using polyvinylpyrrolidone-decorated CuO nanosheets as growth modifiers to modulate the hydrolysis process of Fe2+. The formulated “absorption-and-crystallization” two-step formation processes of such 2D hybrid structures accorded well with the biomineralization scheme in nature. Combining the in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study, theoretical calculation, and control experiments, we validated that the large density of 2D/2D interfaces enabled by this bio-inspired synthesis process can overcome the self-stacking phenomenon during lithium-ion battery cycling, leading to their high operation stability. This work emphasizes the bio-inspired synthesis of 2D TMOs as a promising pathway toward material design and performance optimization.

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bio-inspired synthesistwo-dimensional transition-metal oxideshybrid nanosheetsinterfaceslithium-ion batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 6,
June 2022
Pages 5064-5071
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-4030-7
Cite this article:
Wang Y-R, Zhuang Q-F, Li Y, et al. Bio-inspired synthesis of transition-metal oxide hybrid ultrathin nanosheets for enhancing the cycling stability in lithium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2022, 15(6): 5064-5071. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-4030-7
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Received: 17 September 2021
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Accepted: 29 November 2021
Published: 08 April 2022
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