%0 Journal Article
%K Plasma
%K Lithium batteries
%K Anode
%K Microwave
%K Sn/C
%A Marek Marcinek
%A Laurence J Hardwick
%A Thomas J Richardson
%A Xiangyun Song
%A Robert Kostecki
%B Journal of Power Sources
%D 2007
%F Batt
%G eng
%N 2
%P 965-971
%R 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.08.084
%T Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nano-Structured Sn/C Composite Thin-Film anodes for Li-ion Batteries
%V 173
%8 11/2007
%X <p>A novel synthesis method of thin-film composite Sn/C anodes for lithium batteries is reported. Thin layers of graphitic carbon decorated with uniformly distributed Sn nanoparticles were synthesized from a solid organic precursor Sn(IV) <em>tert</em>-butoxide by a one-step microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). The thin-film Sn/C electrodes were electrochemically tested in lithium half cells and produced a reversible capacity of 423 and 297 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at <em>C</em>/25 and 5<em>C</em> discharge rates, respectively. A long-term cycling of the Sn/C nanocomposite anodes showed 40% capacity loss after 500 cycles at 1<em>C</em> rate.</p>