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Evaporation induced uniform polypyrrole coating on CuO arrays for free-standing high lithium storage anode

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Polypyrrole (PPy) used as popular coatings can improve the electrochemical performance of electrodes greatly; however, uniform coatings of PPy on nanostructures is a challenging task in a solution system. Substitution for liquid phase polymerization reaction, herein a developed evaporation method is reported to make pyrrole vapor in situ polymerization on CuO arrays for the uniform PPy coatings. With the help of this uniform PPy coatings, the unique structure of arrayed CuO film can well maintain the stability of mechanical structures and has rapid transmission of lithium ions and electrons during charge/discharge processes, hence harvesting a high lithium storage. Electrochemical tests indicate that PPy can not only enhance the specific capacities of CuO anodes greatly but also improve the cyclic stability at a high-current density. The specific capacity of the CuO@PPy integrated anode can be up to 561 mAh g−1 at 1 C after 100 cycles, which is increased by almost 33% than that of the pure CuO anode.

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This work is financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (Grant no. 162300410093) and the Key Science Foundation of Higher Education of Henan Province (Grant no. 19A140008).

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    Yulin Zhou, Xiujuan Jin, Jing Ni, Shaofeng Zhang, Jiao Yang, Pengfei Liu, Zhaowu Wang & Jianfei Lei

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    Zhaowu Wang

  3. Henan Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Energy Stroage Materials and Applications, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China

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Zhou, Y., Jin, X., Ni, J. et al. Evaporation induced uniform polypyrrole coating on CuO arrays for free-standing high lithium storage anode. J Solid State Electrochem 23, 1829–1836 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-019-04285-7

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