U Akron team develops Mn-based high performance anode for Li-ion batteries - Green Car Congress

U Akron team develops Mn-based high performance anode for Li-ion batteries - Green Car Congress
Researchers at the University of Akron have developed hierarchical porous Mn3O4/C nanospheres as anode materials for Li-ion batteries. These nanospheres exhibited a high reversible specific capacity (1237 mAh/g at 200 mA/g), excellent ratability (425 mAh/g at 4 A/g), and extremely long cycle life (no significant capacity fading after 3000 cycles at 4A/g) as an anode in a Li-ion battery. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources.

Kewei Liu, Feng Zou, Yuandong Sun, Zitian Yu, Xinye Liu, Leyao Zhou, Yanfeng Xia, Bryan D. Vogt, Yu Zhu (2018) “Self-assembled Mn3O4/C nanospheres as high-performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries,” Journal of Power Sources, Volume 395, Pages 92-97 doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.05.064