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Wet‐Chemical Synthesis of Phase‐Pure FeOF Nanorods as High‐Capacity Cathodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Author(s) -
Zhu Jian,
Deng Da
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201410572
Subject(s) - nanorod , nanostructure , chemical engineering , cathode , materials science , nanotechnology , sodium , phase (matter) , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
It is challenging to prepare phase‐pure FeOF by wet‐chemical methods. Furthermore, nanostructured FeOF has never been reported. In this study, hierarchical FeOF nanorods were synthesized through a facile, one‐step, wet‐chemical method by the use of just FeF 3 ⋅3H 2 O and an alcohol. It was possible to significantly control the FeOF nanostructure by the selection of alcohols with an appropriate molecular structure. A mechanism for the formation of the nanorods is proposed. An impressive high specific capacity of approximately 250 mAh g −1 and excellent cycling and rate performances were demonstrated for sodium storage. The hierarchical FeOF nanorods are promising high‐capacity cathodes for SIBs.