In
situ growth of carbon nanomaterials on active substance is a very favorable strategy
for the preparation of electrode in lithium-ion batteries with excellent electrochemical
performance and high stability. Small-sized
TiO
2 nanoparticles intercalated into carbon nanosheets (CNS@TiO
2SNP-600)
were successfully synthesized via
in-situ polymerization-carbonization method, utilizing layered H
2Ti
4O
9 (HTO) as template and benzidine as carbon source. The morphology and
size of TiO
2 are greatly influenced by carbonization temperature. The coin cell with the CNS@TiO
2SNP-600
electrode demonstrates a discharge specific capacity of 430.4 mAh×g
-1 at a current density of 0.1 A×g
-1, and the capacity retention rate is
88.1% after 100 cycles; and it also displays a high discharge specific capacity
of 101.8 mAh×g
-1 at a high current density of 12.8 A×g
-1. The excellent electrochemical
performances can be ascribed to the capacitance effect originated from the
intercalated structure of
in-situ grown CNS and TiO
2 nanoparticles. We believe
this type of materials can be widely used in the lithium-ion batteries and
other related green chemical fields.