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Porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles converted from core/shell nanoparticles
Jaewon Lee2, Huazhang Zhu3, Gautam Ganapati Yadav2,†, James Caruthers2, and Yue Wu1,3 ()
1 School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 200235, China 2 School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA 3 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA † Present address: Energy Institute, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
Received: 4 November 2015
Revised: 10 December 2015
Accepted: 18 December 2015
© Tsinghua University Press
and Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg 2016
KEYWORDS
ternary complex metal
oxide,
porous,
nanoparticle,
lithium-ion battery,
core/shell nanoparticles
ABSTRACT
We demonstrate an easy and scalable low-temperature process to convert
porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles from solution-synthesized
core/shell metal oxide nanoparticles by thermal annealing. The final products
demonstrate superior electrochemical properties with a large capacity and high
stability during fast charging/discharging cycles for potential applications as
advanced lithium-ion battery (LIB) electrode materials. In addition, a new
breakdown mechanism was observed on these novel electrode materials.
1 Introduction
Significant progress has been achieved in the growth
of functional nanomaterials since the 1990s; however,
critical issues still remain to be resolved that prevent the
scalable and controllable production of nanomaterials,
especially, complex metal oxide nanomaterials [1]. The
most common preparation method for complex metal
oxide nanostructures is still mixing of precursors of
metal oxides or metal salts, either in the solid state
or in a solution, and then converting the mixture
to complex metal oxides through calcination [2]. This
method is easy and convenient for a large-scale pre-
paration [2]. However, achieving precise control of the
crystal structure, elemental composition, morphology,
and so forth, which often affect the electrical and
thermal properties of the material, is very difficult
because high-temperature syntheses are generally
unpredictable for complex metal oxide systems [3–5].
Here we report a controllable synthetic approach to
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Address correspondence to yuewu@iastate.edu
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grow uniform porous ternary complex metal oxide
nanoparticles. These nanoparticles, which can be very
difficult to grow using conventional methods, can be
produced by an easy and scalable low-temperature
solution synthesis of core/shell binary metal oxide
nanoparticles at atmospheric pressure followed by
thermal annealing [6–8]. The final porous ternary com-
plex metal oxide nanoparticles demonstrate superior
electrochemical properties for potential applications
as advanced lithium-ion battery electrode (LIB)
materials in our preliminary test.
2 Experimental
Our focus on ternary complex metal oxide nano-
structures was motivated by their potential applications
in LIBs, magnetic resonance imaging, and high-
temperature thermoelectrics [9–17]. We chose spinel
Co2MnO4 as an example and grew nanoparticles by
deposition of Mn3O4 nanoparticle shells onto single-
crystal CoO nanoparticle cores in solution-phase
reactions followed by thermal annealing to convert
CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles to porous Co2MnO4
nanoparticles without significant size changes (Fig. 1).
The CoO nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple
thermal decomposition method. Sixty milliliters of
oleyl amine (Aldrich, 70%) were heated to 200 °C
under nitrogen purge. Then, 1.365 mmol of Co(acac)3
(Aldrich) were added quickly to the oleylamine
when it reached a temperature of 200 °C. The mixture
was maintained at 200 °C for 1 h, then heated to 240 °C
and maintained at that temperature for 1 h. After that,
the temperature of the reactants was decreased to
room temperature, and the products were purified
with excess pure ethanol using a centrifuge. CoO
nanoparticles coated by Mn3O4 nanoparticles were
prepared by the thermal decomposition method,
similar to previous experiments. Thirty milliliters of
oleylamine that contained the CoO nanoparticles
(40 mg) were mixed with 0.34 mmol of Mn(acac)3.
The mixture was stirred under nitrogen gas purging.
After the Mn(acac)3 was completely dissolved in the
oleylamine, the mixture was heated slowly (2 °C/min)
to 160 °C and maintained at the temperature for 4 h.
After reaction, the products were purified by the same
process used in previous experiments.
The CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles were then
coated on glass and placed in a tube furnace for
thermal annealing at 600 °C for 6 h in 4% hydrogen
forming gas, after which the temperature of the
chamber was decreased slowly to room temperature.
This process resulted in the production of Co2MnO4
nanoparticles. Similarly, Co3O4 nanoparticles were
prepared by annealing CoO nanoparticles at 600 °C in
4% hydrogen forming gas in a tube furnace for 6 h.
A slurry was then prepared by mixing 80 wt.%
Co2MnO4 nanoparticles as the active material, 10 wt.%
carbon black (Super C65 carbon black, TIMCAL
Graphite and Carbon), and 10 wt.% polyvinylidene
fluoride (PVDF) (Kynar HSV 900 PVDF, Arkema Inc.)
binder. The slurry was initially ground using a mortar
and a pestle. Next, the slurry was mixed with a minimal
amount of N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP, Sigma-Aldrich)
solvent for the working electrode. The resulting slurry
was coated on a Cu foil (MTI Corporation) with a wet
thickness of 200 μm. After overnight drying at 120 °C
under vacuum, 12-mm-diameter disks were punched
out and dried again for 2 h at 120 °C under vacuum.
The half-coin cells were assembled inside an Ar-filled
glove box. The half-coin cells consisted of the prepared
Figure 1 Schematic representation of the synthetic approach for Co2MnO4 nanoparticles as electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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slurry-coated Cu foil as the working electrode, lithium
foil as the reference electrode (MTI Corporation), a
separator (polypropylene-polyethylene-polypropylene,
Celgard 2325), and 1-M LiPF6 in a mixed solvent
(ethylene carbonate/diethyl carbonate/dimethyl
carbonate, ratio = 1 :1:1 (MTI Corporation)) as the
electrolyte.
The crystal structures of CoO nanoparticles, CoO/
Mn3O4 nanoparticles, and Co2MnO4 nanoparticles
were characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD) on a
Bruker D8 Focus X-ray diffractometer with a Cu Kα
source. The morphology of these different types of
nanoparticles was analyzed through transmission
electron microscopy (TEM, FEI Tecnai-20) and high-
resolution TEM (HRTEM, Titan 80-300 kV Environ-
mental Electron Microscope). The surface compositions
of CoO nanoparticles, CoO/Mn3O4 nanoparticles,
and Co2MnO4 nanoparticles were studied by X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), using an AXIS
ULTRA DLD system under ultra-high vacuum (<10−9
torr/mbar). Elemental mapping studies of CoO/Mn3O4
nanoparticle were performed via energy dispersive
spectroscopy (EDX) on a scanning transmission electron
microscope (STEM, FEI Tecnai G2 F30 Super Twin
microscope). Raman spectroscopy of Co2MnO4 nano-
particles and Co3O4 nanoparticles was performed
with a HORIBA Jobin Yvon LabRam HR800 with an
excitation wavelength of 632.18 nm. Finally, the pre-
pared lithium half-cells were galvanostatically cycled
between 3.0 and 0.01 V by using a BAS8-MA analyzer
(MTI Corporation). The charge–discharge curve was
measured with a current density of 0.1 g/A between
0.01 and 3.00 V (vs. Li/Li+). The rate capability was
measured at various current densities between 0.01
and 3.00 V (vs. Li/Li+). After 35 cycles, the current
density switched back to 0.1 g/A. Cyclic voltammetry
(CV) analysis of the Co2MnO4 nanoparticles was also
performed in a lithium half-cell using a Maccor
testing station (model 4304). The scan rate of the CV
test was 0.05 mV/s between 0.01 and 3 V (vs. Li/Li+).
The electrodes after certain electrochemical cycles are
dissembled and immersed in acetonitrile completely
for 10 min to remove the residual electrolyte. The
used electrodes were analyzed by scanning electron
microscopy (SEM, Hitachi S-4800 Field Emission
Microscope) with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
3 Results and discussion
The XRD studies confirmed the compositions of
the CoO nanoparticles (Fig. 2(a), red curve) and the
CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles (Fig. 2(a), blue
curve), which were consistent with the standard XRD
database. The low-magnification TEM studies (Figs. 2(b)
and 2(c)) of the materials prepared in this way showed
that the CoO nanoparticles (Fig. 2(b)) and the CoO/
Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles (Fig. 2(c)) were uniform
in size. The analysis of samples showed that the CoO
nanoparticles had diameters of 47 ± 10 nm. After the
growth of Mn3O4, spherical Mn3O4 nanoparticles with
diameters of about 5–10 nm formed on the surface of
the CoO nanoparticles. The Mn3O4 nanoparticles did
not completely coat the surface, and many empty
spaces between the Mn3O4 nanoparticles were visible
in the core/shell nanoparticle structures.
The HRTEM studies (Figs. 2(d) and 2(e)) clearly
demonstrated the crystallinity of the CoO nanoparticles
(Fig. 2(d)) and the Mn3O4 shell (Fig. 2(e)). The reciprocal
lattice peaks obtained from the two-dimensional fast
Fourier transform (2D FFT) of the lattice-resolved
images (insets, Figs. 2(d) and 2(e)) could be indexed
to the (422) and (220) reflections of the face-centered
cubic CoO structure (inset, Fig. 2(d)) and the (112)
and (211) reflections of Mn3O4 shells with extra (111)
and (220) reflections from the CoO cores (inset, Fig. 2(e)).
In addition, the XPS (Fig. 2(f)) studies showed the
transition from the CoO nanoparticles with only Co
and O peaks (Fig. 2(f), red curve) to the CoO/Mn3O4
core/shell nanoparticles with extra peaks from Mn
(Fig. 2(f), blue curve). Lastly, the EDX elemental
mapping studies on the CoO/Mn3O4 nanoparticles
further confirmed the core/shell structures (Figs. 2(g)
and 2(h), with the cores composed of CoO shown in
Fig. 2(g) and the shells composed of Mn3O4 shown in
Fig. 2(h)).
Figure 3(a) shows the XRD pattern of the converted
Co2MnO4 nanoparticles after annealing. All the peaks
could be indexed to pure spinel phase Co2MnO4.
Further TEM analysis (Figs. 3(b) and 3(c)) showed that
there was no significant change in morphology after
annealing. Visible voids in the Co2MnO4 nanoparticles
could have resulted from the initial empty spaces
between the Mn3O4 nanoparticles coated on the CoO
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cores as well as the relatively density increases when
Mn3O4 changed to Co2MnO4. The large surface area
and tolerance to volume expansion associated with
the voids could lead to improved electrochemical and
mechanical properties, which will be discussed later.
Because of the similarity in crystal structure between
Co3O4 and Co2MnO4, the Co spectrum of the Co2MnO4
nanoparticles was further measured by high-resolution
XPS and compared with that of the Co3O4 nano-
particles to investigate the binding energy change
(Fig. 3(d)). The two peaks in the Co2MnO4 obviously
shifted compared to the two peaks of Co3O4. This
resulted from the lower electronegativity of Mn (1.55)
compared to that of Co (1.88); thus, electrons were
distorted toward Co, leading to a decrease in the
measured binding energy for the Co core electrons
in Co2MnO4. Lastly, the Raman spectroscopy analysis
(Fig. 3(e)) performed on both Co3O4 nanoparticles
and Co2MnO4 nanoparticles showed that the Co3O4
nanoparticles had two weak peaks at 520 and 608 cm−1,
which disappeared in the Co2MnO4 spectrum. In
addition, the strong peak at 680 cm−1 in Co3O4 nano-
particles shifted to 650 cm−1, further confirming the
successful conversion to Co2MnO4. The yield of the
Co2MnO4 nanoparticles calculated from the starting
precursors was approximately 50%, showing a truly
scalable process.
The rational control to grow porous ternary complex
metal oxide nanoparticles gave us the unique capability
to further investigate their potential applications. In
Figure 2 (a) XRD pattern of CoO nanoparticles and CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles. (b) TEM overview image of CoO nanoparticles.(c) TEM overview image of CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles. (d) HRTEM image of CoO nanoparticle and inset showing the FFTimage. (e) HRTEM image of CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticle and upper inset showing the FFT image of CoO core region (orangeregion), and lower inset showing the FFT image of Mn3O4 shell region (red region). (f) XPS evolution pattern of CoO nanoparticles andCoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles. The Mn 2p core level spectra were observed at 652 eV (2p1/2) and 640 ev (2p3/2). (g) and (h) EDX images of CoO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanparticles. The green color of (g) indicates the spatial distribution of Co and the orange color of (h) indicatesthe spatial distribution of Mn.
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the case of Co2MnO4 nanoparticles, we investigated
their electrochemical properties for possible appli-
cations in LIBs. Figure 4(a) shows the galvanostatic
discharge/charge voltage profiles for a Co2MnO4
nanocomposite electrode. In the first discharge profile,
a broad potential plateau at around 0.8–0.2 V, which
is lower than the potential plateau of Co3O4 (Fig. S7
in the Electronic Supplementary Material (ESM)),
corresponds to the conversion reaction of Co2MnO4.
The Co2MnO4 nanocomposite electrode showed a
discharge capacity of 1,518 mA·h/g (Fig. 4(a)), which is
much higher than the theoretical capacity of Co2MnO4
(905 mA·h/g). The discharge capacity decreased after
the first cycle and reached 942 mA·h/g at the 10th
cycle, which is similar to the theoretical capacity. After
that, the capacity continuously increased until the
200th cycle (1,385 mA·h/g) and stabilized between the
200th and 300th cycles. The capacity of Co2MnO4
nanocomposite was much higher than that of Co3O4
nanoparticles (Fig. S7 in the ESM). We believe that
the additional capacity could arise from the surface
absorption of Li+ and its conversion to Li2O and LiOH,
which has been observed in other metal oxide systems
[18]. The cyclic voltammetry (Fig. 4(b)) measurement
on Co2MnO4 shows two peaks at ~0.8 and ~0.32 V in
the cathodic process. The sharp peak at 0.32 V can be
assigned to the reductions of Co3+ to Co2+ and Co2+
and Mn2+ to metallic Co and Mn. The broad peak at
0.8 V can be attributed to Li2O formation and decom-
position of the organic electrolyte to form a SEI at the
electrode/electrolyte interphase. Two broad oxidation
peaks could be observed at ~1.28 and ~1.98 V in the
anodic scan, corresponding to the oxidation of Mn
to Mn2+ and Co to Co2+. After the second cycle, the
reduction peak gradually moved to 0.4 and 0.9 V, which
was different than the irreversible electrochemical
reaction during the first discharge cycle.
The rate capability was evaluated using multiple-step
charging–discharging at different current densities
ranging from 0.1 to 6.4 A/g (Fig. 4(c)). The discharge
Figure 3 (a) XRD pattern of Co2MnO4 nanoparticles. (b) TEM overview image of Co2MnO4 nanoparticles. (c) HRTEM images of individual Co2MnO4 nanoparticle and inset showing the FFT image. (d) XPS spectra of the Co2MnO4 nanoparticles and the Co3O4
nanoparticles. (e) Raman spectra of the Co2MnO4 nanoparticles and the Co3O4 nanoparticles.
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capacity decreased from 800 mA·h/g at 0.1 A/g in the
2nd cycle to 790, 700, 500, 300, 200, and 100 mA·h/g at
current densities of 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1.6, 3.2, and 6.4 A/g
in the following cycles, respectively. After charging/
discharging at 6.4 A/g, the capacity of the Co2MnO4
nanocomposite electrode could fully recover and
even start to increase to achieve a capacity higher
than that during the 2nd cycle. However, the capacity
of the Co3O4 nanoparticle electrode did not recover
completely (Fig. S8 in the ESM).
A more interesting observation came from the
long-term lifecycle test. As shown in Fig. 4(d), when
charging/discharging at a rate of 0.1 A/g, a reversible
capacity of 942 mA·h/g was obtained at the 2nd cycle.
After the 2nd cycle, the capacity of Co2MnO4 continued
increasing until it reached 1,400 mA·h/g, which is
more than 3.5 times higher than the theoretical capacity
of graphite (372 mA·h/g) [19]. Even after 300 cycles,
our Co2MnO4 nanocomposite electrode not only showed
very stable behavior but also still possessed a capacity
Figure 4 (a) Charging/discharging curves of the Co2MnO4/Li half-cell cycled at 0.1 A/g. (b) Cyclic voltammetry curves of Co2MnO4/Li half-cell cycled. (c) Retention of discharge capacity of the Co2MnO4/Li half-cell at different charge rates. (d) Discharge capacity of the Co2MnO4/Li half-cell cycled at 0.1 A/g. (e) SEM overview image of the electrode surface after 328 cycles. (f) and (g) areSEM EDX images of (e). The red color of (f) indicates the spatial distribution of Co, and the turquoise color of (g) indicates the spatialdistribution of Mn.
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over 1,200 mA·h/g, which is still more than 3 times
higher than the theoretical capacity of graphite. In
addition, the Coulombic efficiency reached 99.11% and
gradually stabilized after 5 cycles. It was maintained
over 300 cycles. Thus, the Co2MnO4 nanocomposite
electrode was superior to graphite as well as Co3O4 in
terms of life cycle (Fig. S9 in the ESM).
Previously, many metal oxide materials such as
Co3O4, Mn3O4, Fe3O4, and NiO have been investigated
as anode materials for LIBs because of their remarkably
high capacity [20–23]. For instance, Co3O4 has twice
the theoretical capacity of graphite [20]. Among
metal oxide materials, complex oxide materials, which
consist of two transition metal oxides such as ZnFe2O4,
NiCo2O4, ZnCo2O4, ZnMn2O4, and MnCo2O4, are
beginning to be studied as anode materials for LIBs
because they are able to create a synergy effect through
complementarity in the Li+ charge–discharge process
[7, 24–31]. For example, manganese has a higher
capacity than cobalt per unit mass because cobalt is
heavier [12]. Moreover, it has been reported that cobalt
has a higher oxidation potential than manganese, thus
leading to a reduced output voltage when it is applied
as an anode for LIBs [7]. However, cobalt-based oxide
materials have excellent conductivity, which is a great
advantage for high current rate or high power density
applications [7, 32–34]. Recently, complex metal oxide
nanomaterials have shown a great advantage in terms
of a high surface area and a short diffusion path length
for Li ions compared to their bulk materials [35–37].
It has been reported that there is a different reaction
step between the surface and bulk [18]. Although
metal oxide materials should be changed to metal,
such as with Li2O and LiH in the bulk reaction, LiOH
can be produced at the surface. Further, LiOH can
react with additional Li in order to form LiO2 and
generate additional capacity [18]. In addition, there are
minor contributions that lead to additional capacity,
such as reversible solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI)
formation and Li adsorption on the surface of active
materials [37, 38]. Therefore, nanomaterials can pro-
vide a large additional capacity because of their high
surface area. Moreover, their short diffusion path
length can lead to an increase in the power density
and a decrease in charging time [36]. However, most
of these nanomaterials show a limited life cycle due
to their habitual aggregation and unstable SEI [12, 19].
The advantages of nanomaterial could quickly
disappear because of aggregation during the cycling
process [39]. In addition, the process of breakdown
and reformation induced by lithiation/delithiation
reactions on the metal oxide surface [14–16] can
negatively affect the Coulombic efficiency because
the SEI could impede charge transport [35, 40–42].
As a result, the Coulombic efficiency might decrease
because accumulated SEI may block charge transport
[35]. In our Co2MnO4 nanoparticles, the void spaces
formed during the conversion from core/shell nano-
particles can provide a buffer zone during volume
expansion/contraction [14, 35, 43]. It can prevent the
deformation of the SEI layer such that the cell has
good Coulombic efficiency. Moreover, the large surface
area in the porous structure also leads to additional
capacity through the interfacial reversible reaction.
Therefore, our Co2MnO4 nanoparticles show a stable
long life cycle with a large energy storage capacity.
To further explore our Co2MnO4 nanoparticle-based
composite LIB electrode, we conducted a series of
experiments to study when and how the breakdown
could occur. After continuously charging/discharging at
1,300 mA·h/g for 328 cycles, we observed a degradation/
breakdown of the nanocomposite electrode (Fig. 4(e)).
Elemental mapping performed on the working
electrode and the electrode after the breakdown
showed a completely new breakdown mechanism;
unlike other material-based electrode systems where
the breakdowns are typically due to the loss of
structural integrity, the breakdown mechanism of
our Co2MnO4 nanoparticle-based composite electrode
was more likely due to phase separation that formed
cobalt- and manganese-rich regions (Fig. 4(f)), while
the working electrodes showed a totally uniform
distribution of cobalt and manganese (Fig. 4(g)). The
reason for this breakdown mechanism is still unclear
and is currently under investigation using in-situ TEM
through collaboration.
4 Conclusions
In conclusion, we demonstrated a novel approach to
synthesize ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles
as high-performance LIB electrode materials through
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the thermal annealing of core/shell nanoparticles. This
method can also be used to grow other ternary complex
metal oxide nanoparticles with well-controlled sizes
and properties and provide future opportunities to
study other interesting electrical, optical, thermal,
mechanical, and magnetic properties of ternary and
quaternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles.
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the support from the
National Science Foundation Electronic and Photonic
Materials (No. 1206425) and the startup fund from
Iowa State University. Y. W. also thanks the support
from the Eastern Scholar Program.
Electronic Supplementary Material: Supplementary
material is available in the online version of this article
at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-0987-z.
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Porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles are synthesized by noble thermal annealing of core/shell nanoparticles with well- controlled sizes and properties. It is found that their porous morphology and large surface area can lead to high-performance lithium-ion battery electrode materials.
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Porous ternary complex metal oxide nanoparticles converted from core/shell nanoparticles
Jaewon Lee2, Huazhang Zhu3, Gautam Ganapati Yadav2,†, James Caruthers2, and Yue Wu1,3 ()
1 School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 200235, China 2 School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA 3 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA † Present address: Energy Institute, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
Supporting information to DOI 10.1007/s12274-016-0987-z
Figure S1 TEM (a) and HADDF STEM (high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy) overview images of CoO/Mn3O4 nanoparticles. Both images are taken by Titan 80-300 kV Environmental Electron Microscope.
Address correspondence to yuewu@iastate.edu
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Figure S2 HRTEM (a) and HADDF STEM images of CoO/Mn3O4 nanoparticles. Both images are taken by Titan 80-300 kV Environmental Electron Microscope.
Figure S3 High-resolution HADDF STEM images of CoO/Mn3O4 nanoparticles with EDX line scanning. This image is taken by Titan 80-300 kV Environmental Electron Microscope.
Figure S4 HRTEM images of Co2MnO4 nanoparticle. This image is taken by Titan 80-300 kV Environmental Electron Microscope.
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Figure S5 FT-IR (Fourier transform infrared) spectra of annealed Co2MnO4 (blue line), oleylamine (red line), and CCl4 (black line). Oleylamine is dissolved in CCl4 solution. FT-IR spectra of Co2MnO4, oleylamine and CCl4 are measured by Nicolet 6700, Thermo Scientific. It is demonstrated that oleylamine attached on surface of CoO/Mn3O4 is removed completely via annealing process with 4% hydrogen forming gas environment.
Figure S6 XRD pattern of Co3O4 nanoparticles. CoO nanoparticles are changed to Co3O4 nanoparticles through annealing with 4% hydrogen forming gas environment.
Figure S7 Charging/discharging curves of the Co3O4/Li half-cell cycled at 0.1 A/g.
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Figure S8 Retention of discharge capacity of the Co3O4/Li half-cell at different charge rates.
Figure S9 Discharge capacity and Coulombic efficiency of the Co3O4/Li half-cell cycled at 0.1 A/g.
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