TY - GEN
T1 - New routes towards formation of tin oxide inverted opals for charge storage applications
AU - Osiak, M.
AU - Armstrong, E.
AU - O'Dwyer, C.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - New routes to formation of tin oxide inverted opals with unique morphologies are presented. Inverted opals with walls formed from assemblies of tin oxide nanocrystals are formed from tin acetate precursor, while mesoporous walls are formed when tin alkoxide precursors are used. The inverted opals are investigated by a variety of techniques in order to determine their structure and the dependence of electrochemical properties on the type of precursor used. We found that the initial discharge capacity of the inverted opal based batteries reaches 1200 mAhg-1 but quickly fades afterwards, as it is typical for tin oxide based anodes. Careful investigation of processes occurring in the tin oxide inverted opal anodes may lead to improvement of their performance improvement, and further development of self-supported tin oxide based anodes.
AB - New routes to formation of tin oxide inverted opals with unique morphologies are presented. Inverted opals with walls formed from assemblies of tin oxide nanocrystals are formed from tin acetate precursor, while mesoporous walls are formed when tin alkoxide precursors are used. The inverted opals are investigated by a variety of techniques in order to determine their structure and the dependence of electrochemical properties on the type of precursor used. We found that the initial discharge capacity of the inverted opal based batteries reaches 1200 mAhg-1 but quickly fades afterwards, as it is typical for tin oxide based anodes. Careful investigation of processes occurring in the tin oxide inverted opal anodes may lead to improvement of their performance improvement, and further development of self-supported tin oxide based anodes.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84902664493
U2 - 10.1149/05329.0085ecst
DO - 10.1149/05329.0085ecst
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902664493
SN - 9781607684817
T3 - ECS Transactions
SP - 85
EP - 91
BT - Student Posters (General) - 223rd ECS Meeting
PB - Electrochemical Society Inc.
T2 - Symposium on General Student Poster Session - 223rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society
Y2 - 12 May 2013 through 16 May 2013
ER -