Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Cu2+ doped TiO2 Nanoparticles for Lithium-ion Battery

Xiao-Chong Zhao1

Pan Yang1

Li-Jun Yang1

Yu Cheng1, 3

Hui-Yuan Chen3

Hu Liu4, 5

Gang Wang2Email

Vignesh Murugadoss4, 6

Subramania Angaiah6Email

Zhanhu Guo4Email

Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621908, China
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining, 810007, China
Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
Electrochemical Energy Research Lab, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India

Abstract

TiO2 nanoparticles doped with Cu2+ are synthesized via a facile one-step solvothermal method with a uniform distribution of 50-60 nm. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results show that the Cu2+ are doped in the TiO2 crystal lattice uniformly. Due to the smooth replacement of the part of Ti4+ sites by Cu2+ in the samples, more Ti4+ vacancies are formed, which is a benefit to the Li+ diffusion and enhanced electrochemical properties. At the 5 C rate, the initial discharge capacity of TiO2 doped with 6 wt% Cu2+ reaches 83.4 mAhg-1. After 100 charge-discharge cycles, the discharge capacity is still 76.5 mAhg-1, showing a good cycling stability.