TiO2 and SnO2@TiO2 hollow spheres assembled from anatase TiO2 nanosheets with enhanced lithium storage properties

Jun Song Chen; Deyan Luan; Chang Ming Li; Freddy Yin Chiang Boey; Shizhang Qiao; Xiong Wen Lou

doi:10.1039/c0cc02973d

TiO2 and SnO2@TiO2 hollow spheres assembled from anatase TiO2 nanosheets with enhanced lithium storage properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Nov 21;46(43):8252-4. doi: 10.1039/c0cc02973d. Epub 2010 Oct 4.

Authors

Jun Song Chen¹, Deyan Luan, Chang Ming Li, Freddy Yin Chiang Boey, Shizhang Qiao, Xiong Wen Lou

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637457, Singapore.

PMID: 20922210
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02973d

Abstract

TiO(2) and SnO(2)@TiO(2) hollow spheres assembled from anatase TiO(2) nanosheets with exposed (001) high-energy facets are constructed via a templating approach, and the as-prepared samples exhibit enhanced lithium storage properties.