TY - JOUR
AU - Ting Xia
AU - Wei Zhang
AU - Zhihui Wang
AU - Yuliang Zhang
AU - Xiangyun Song
AU - James Murowchick
AU - Vincent S Battaglia
AU - Gao Liu
AU - Xiaobo Chen
AB - <p>10-time lithium rate improvement and 4-time photocatalytic performance enhancement have been achieved with TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals when coated with a thin layer of amorphous carbon. The enhanced performances can be attributed to lower lithium ion diffusion and electronic conduction resistance across the carbon layer into the TiO<sub>2</sub> electrode material and better surface adsorption of the dye molecules and ions. Thus, the current study may provide us an alternative approach in improving the performances of TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals in both lithium ion battery and photocatalysis applications.</p>
BT - Nano Energy
DA - 05/2014
DO - 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.03.012
LA - eng
N2 - <p>10-time lithium rate improvement and 4-time photocatalytic performance enhancement have been achieved with TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals when coated with a thin layer of amorphous carbon. The enhanced performances can be attributed to lower lithium ion diffusion and electronic conduction resistance across the carbon layer into the TiO<sub>2</sub> electrode material and better surface adsorption of the dye molecules and ions. Thus, the current study may provide us an alternative approach in improving the performances of TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals in both lithium ion battery and photocatalysis applications.</p>
PY - 2014
SP - 109
EP - 118
T2 - Nano Energy
TI - Amorphous carbon-coated TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals for improved lithium-ion battery and photocatalytic performance
VL - 6
ER -