Pyrolyzed polyaniline and graphene nano sheet composite with improved rate and cycle performance for lithium storage》.pdf

C A R B O N 9 2 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 3 5 4 – 3 6 1 Available at ScienceDirect jour nal h omepage: www.elsevier.co m/lo cate/car bon Pyrolyzed polyaniline and graphene nano sheet composite with improved rate and cycle performance for lithium storage Biyu Zhu 1, Zhuo Deng 1, Wanli Yang, Haibo Wang *, Lijun Gao * School of Energy, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Pyrolyzed poly-aniline graphene nano sheets (PAGNS) composite was investigated serving Received 14 February 2015 as a novel anode material for lithium storage. The composite material with carbon coating Accepted 17 May 2015 and nitrogen doping on graphene were synthesized by heat treatment of polyaniline and Available online 21 May 2015 graphite oxide precursors under an Ar/H2 atmosphere at 850 C. Scanning electron micro- scopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques were employed to characterize the PAGNS compos- ites with various contents of carbon and nitrogen doping on graphene in comparison with pristine graphene nanosheets (GNS). The PAGNS composites show defects resulting from nitrogen doping in graphene lattice, and carbon is coated on graphene surface c