Construction of Macroporous Co2SnO4 with Hollow Skeletons as Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Abstract

Increasing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) can broaden their applications in energy storage but remains a formidable challenge. Herein, with polyacrylic acid (PAA) as phase separation agent, macroporous Co2SnO4 with hollow skeletons was prepared by sol-gel method combined with phase separation. As the anode of LIBs, the macroporous Co2SnO4 demonstrates high capacity retention (115.5% at 200 mA·g−1 after 300 cycles), affording an ultrahigh specific capacity (921.8 mA h·g−1 at 1 A·g−1). The present contribution provides insight into engineering porous tin-based materials for energy storage.