@article {Zhang:2018:1533-4880:7907, title = "Plasma-Treated NiO/Graphene Nanocomposite as High Performance Anode Material of Lithium-Ion Battery", journal = "Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology", parent_itemid = "infobike://asp/jnn", publishercode ="asp", year = "2018", volume = "18", number = "11", publication date ="2018-11-01T00:00:00", pages = "7907-7911", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "1533-4880", eissn = "1533-4899", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2018/00000018/00000011/art00085", doi = "doi:10.1166/jnn.2018.15553", keyword = "Capacitive Coupled Plasma, Anode, NiO, Energy Storage and Conversion, Graphene", author = "Zhang, Mengyang and Shan, Xuanyu and Zhao, Tianming and Xing, Lili and Wang, Qiang and Wang, Shuai and Xue, Xinyu", abstract = "NiO/graphene nanocomposites are synthesized by hydrothermal method and then treated with capacitive coupled plasma (CCP) treatment. As the anode material of lithium-ion battery, the specific capacity of NiO/graphene nanocomposites is 600 mAh g1 at 0.25 C (4 h per half cycle). After being treated with CCP discharge, the capacity increases to 700 mAh g1 at 0.25 C. The rate capability has also significant improvement through CCP treatment. As the current rate increases to 2 C, the specific capacity maintains 300 mAh g1, two times higher than the sample without CCP treatment. The improvement of the plasma treated material is attributed to the fact that the high-energy particles generated by plasma discharge can impact the clusters of atoms to make a uniform distribution. The plasma discharge also improves the chemical activity of the material and lead to a better electrochemical performance. The results indicate that CCP-treated nanocomposites are good candidates for high-performance lithium-ion battery.", }