Abstract:
Graphene oxide was produced using a modified Hummers method and used to produce a MnSO
4 -graphene oxide (MnSO
4-GO) hybrid which was then transformed into a MnO-graphene hybrid by precipitation with NaOH followed by hydrogen reduction. The MnO-graphene hybrid shows a high specific capacity of 870 mAh·g
-1 at 100 mA·g
-1 as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, which is much higher than that of bare MnO (around 456 mAh·g
-1 ). A capacity of 390 mAh·g
-1 could be maintained even at a high current density of 1 600 mA·g
-1 . This green and highly efficient approach offers a new technique for the synthesis of MnOx-graphene battery materials.