Single phase wurtzitic porous ZnO thin films are obtained by a simple two-step method, involving the sputtering deposition of a sponge-like metallic Zn layer, followed by a moderately low temperature treatment for the complete zinc oxidation. Thanks to its 3D nanostructuration, the superimposition of small branches able to grow in length almost isotropically and forming a complex topography, sponge-like ZnO can combine the fast transport properties of one dimensional material and the high surface area usually provided by nanocrystalline electrodes. When galvanostatically tested in lithium cell, after the initial decay, it can provide an almost stable specific capacity higher than 50 μAh cm−2 after prolonged cycling at estimated 0.7 C, with very high Coulombic efficiency.

Cycling behaviour of sponge-like nanostructured ZnO as thin-film Li-ion battery anodes / Garino, Nadia; Lamberti, Andrea; Gazia, R.; Chiodoni, Angelica; Gerbaldi, Claudio. - In: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS. - ISSN 0925-8388. - STAMPA. - 615:Supplement 1(2014), pp. S454-S458. [10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.11.157]

Cycling behaviour of sponge-like nanostructured ZnO as thin-film Li-ion battery anodes

GARINO, NADIA;LAMBERTI, ANDREA;CHIODONI, ANGELICA;GERBALDI, CLAUDIO
2014

Abstract

Single phase wurtzitic porous ZnO thin films are obtained by a simple two-step method, involving the sputtering deposition of a sponge-like metallic Zn layer, followed by a moderately low temperature treatment for the complete zinc oxidation. Thanks to its 3D nanostructuration, the superimposition of small branches able to grow in length almost isotropically and forming a complex topography, sponge-like ZnO can combine the fast transport properties of one dimensional material and the high surface area usually provided by nanocrystalline electrodes. When galvanostatically tested in lithium cell, after the initial decay, it can provide an almost stable specific capacity higher than 50 μAh cm−2 after prolonged cycling at estimated 0.7 C, with very high Coulombic efficiency.
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