Nanocrystalline SnO2 and In-doped SnO2 as anode materials for lithium batteries

SnO2 is one of the promising candidates for the use as anode materials in lithium batteries. This work describes the X-ray absorption near-edge spectra (XANES) and the electrochemical properties of nanocrystalline SnO2 and In-doped SnO2 via a soft chemistry route. Both undoped and In-doped systems s...

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Published in:Solid state ionics 2004-11, Vol.175 (1-4), p.181-184
Main Author: SUBRAMANIAN, V
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:SnO2 is one of the promising candidates for the use as anode materials in lithium batteries. This work describes the X-ray absorption near-edge spectra (XANES) and the electrochemical properties of nanocrystalline SnO2 and In-doped SnO2 via a soft chemistry route. Both undoped and In-doped systems showed excellent reversibility for Li ions. XANES and HRTEM studies of the samples prepared at various temperatures revealed the effect of low-temperature synthesis on size quantization compared with the samples prepared at higher temperature. The particle size of the synthesized materials were between 6 and 50 nm for the Sn0.9In0.1O2 and SnO2, respectively. The cycling performances for the In-doped systems were better than that of the undoped SnO2. In all the cases, there is a large first cycle irreversible capacity, as reported. The variation of electrochemical properties with respect to the In content was studied and discussed.
ISSN:0167-2738
DOI:10.1016/j.ssi.2004.07.069