Nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-composite anode material based on chitosan and derivatives thereof and preparation method thereof

• Main Authors: DING YU, ZHOU TIAN, LI WEI, WANG FENG, GUO LIANGUI, TAN CAIQIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.10.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

The invention discloses a nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-composite anode material based on chitosan and derivatives thereof and a preparation method thereof and belongs to the fields of electrochemistry and new energy resource materials. According to the nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-composite anode material based on the chitosan and the derivatives thereof and the preparation method thereof, firstly the chitosan and the derivatives thereof are taken as carbon source and nitrogen source precursors, a hard template carbonization method is adopted to prepare nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres; then a mild hydrothermal method is adopted to load cobaltous oxide nano particles to the nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres, and then the nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-composite material is obtained. The material synthesizes the structural features of the nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres and the small-size effect advantages of the cobaltous oxide nano particles, and due to the expression of the synergistic effect of the nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres and the cobaltous oxide nano particles, the prepared material shows higher reversible specific capacity, better cycling stability and more excellent large rate discharge performance than a commercial graphite material when used as a lithium ion battery anode material. The method is strong in operability, preparation conditions are mild, the requirement for equipment is not rigorous, and the preparation method is suitable for industrial production; the nitrogen-doped porous carbon sphere and cobaltous oxide nano-composite material prepared by the method has potential application value in electrochemistry fields including lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors and the like.