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The development of hierarchical micro-/nanostructures has received great attention in the field of electrochemical energy storage and conversion. In this report, we demonstrate a template-free synthesis of LiV3O8 hollow microspheres from vanadium ethylene glycolate intermediate, which in turn was obtained by a facile solvothermal route. Evaluation of morphological features with FE-SEM and HR-TEM shows hollow spheres of size 1.8 ± 0.1 µm diameters with wall thickness and void size of 200 ± 20 nm and 1.5 ± 0.1 µm, respectively. Powder X-ray diffraction confirms that both the intermediate and LiV3O8 hollow spheres are highly crystalline without any impurity phase. Tested as a positive electrode in lithium-ion batteries, the LiV3O8 hollow spheres constructed electrode shows a discharge capacity of 304 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C rate and 246 mAh g−1 at 1 C rate during the first discharge. More importantly, LiV3O8 electrode delivers stable cycle-life performance with a specific capacity of 156 mAh g−1 after 300 (dis)charges at 1 C rate. The present hollow LiV3O8 structures would be expected to offer additional active sites, void space to counter volume expansion, and thin-shell structures to provide shortest path for Li+ ion/electron transport, thereby enhancing the cycling stability and rate performance.
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The authors acknowledge the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India, for financial assistance (No. 31/03/2014-15/PVSE-R&D). The authors thank SRM SCIF and Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRMIST, for providing facility for FE-SEM and HR-TEM analysis. T. P. thanks Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing senior research fellowship (SRF).
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Partheeban, T., Sasidharan, M. Template-free synthesis of LiV3O8 hollow microspheres as positive electrode for Li-ion batteries. J Mater Sci 55, 2155–2165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04086-3
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