Stripe- or square-patterned arrays of tin dioxide nanowires for use in lithium-ion battery electrodes

Abstract

This paper reports a novel electrode design for use in electrochemical lithium-ion storage. 3-dimensional patterns of tin dioxide nanowires that are grown directly over current collectors are suggested as electrode frameworks, representing the synergetic combination of nanometer-sized 1-dimensional electrode materials and micrometer-scaled hollow channels formed between the patterned nanowire arrays. The lithium-ion storage properties are investigated by changing the pattern geometries of these nanowire arrays in the shape of stripes and squares. The proposed electrode platforms show the enhanced electrochemical storage performances, which might be attributed to the effective diffusion of liquid phase electrolyte through the hollow channels between these patterned nanowire arrays. More interestingly, with increasing the hollow channels in these proposed systems, the high-rate performance and cycling stability are improved even further due to the structural effect of these electrode frameworks. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.