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Ionic liquid-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of β-Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes and the application of NiO in lithium-ion battery

XIAODI LIU1,* , HAO CHEN1, LIQUN YE1, WENHUI SHANG1

Affiliation

  1. College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China

Abstract

β-Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes have been synthesized through a hydrothermal route with the assistance of ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([Bmim]Br). The β-Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes are about 100 nm in edge length and 50 nm in thickness. More importantly, [Bmim]Br plays a critical role for the formation of flake-like β-Ni(OH)2 by adsorbing on the OH- ions coordinated with Ni2+ ions on (001) planes. The β-Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes can be converted into NiO via a thermal decomposition process and the obtained NiO nanostructures exhibit a capacity of 1157.6 mAhg-1 at 0.1 C when employed as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries..

Keywords

β-Ni(OH)2, Nanoflakes, Ionic liquid, Hydrothermal method.

Citation

XIAODI LIU, HAO CHEN, LIQUN YE, WENHUI SHANG, Ionic liquid-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of β-Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes and the application of NiO in lithium-ion battery, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 1-2, January-February 2014, pp.135-138 (2014).

Submitted at: Aug. 2, 2013

Accepted at: Jan. 22, 2014