A review of niobium oxides based nanocomposites for lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors

TF Yi, HMK Sari, X Li, F Wang, YR Zhu, J Hu, J Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Batteries and hybrid supercapacitors (SCs) are now playing a pivotal role in the
development of electric vehicles, consumer electronics and large-scale power stations …

Single-micelle-directed synthesis of mesoporous materials

T Zhao, A Elzatahry, X Li, D Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Functional mesoporous materials with multilevel architectures, ranging from 0D to 3D, are
typically prepared using surfactant-templating methods. In these methods, surfactants first …

Earth-abundant transition metal and metal oxide nanomaterials: Synthesis and electrochemical applications

G Maduraiveeran, M Sasidharan, W ** - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Earth-abundant transition metal and metal oxide (EATM&MO) nanomaterials offer numerous
positive attributes such as catalytic activity, selective enzyme-mimicking catalysis, energy …

New two-dimensional niobium and vanadium carbides as promising materials for Li-ion batteries

M Naguib, J Halim, J Lu, KM Cook… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
New two-dimensional niobium and vanadium carbides have been synthesized by selective
etching, at room temperature, of Al from Nb2AlC and V2AlC, respectively. These new …

Layered Orthorhombic Nb2O5@Nb4C3Tx and TiO2@Ti3C2Tx Hierarchical Composites for High Performance Li‐ion Batteries

C Zhang, SJ Kim, M Ghidiu, MQ Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering electrode nanostructures is critical in develo** high‐capacity, fast rate‐
response, and safe Li‐ion batteries. This study demonstrates the synthesis of orthorhombic …

Thin films and nanostructures of niobium pentoxide: fundamental properties, synthesis methods and applications

RA Rani, AS Zoolfakar, AP O'Mullane… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
As one of the transition metal oxides, niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) offers a broad variety of
properties that make it a potentially useful and highly applicable material in many different …

Recent advances in nanostructured Nb-based oxides for electrochemical energy storage

L Yan, X Rui, G Chen, W Xu, G Zou, H Luo - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
For the past five years, nanostructured niobium-based oxides have emerged as one of the
most prominent materials for batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cell technologies, for …

Comparison of amorphous, pseudohexagonal and orthorhombic Nb 2 O 5 for high-rate lithium ion insertion

S Li, Q Xu, E Uchaker, X Cao, G Cao - CrystEngComm, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Amorphous, pseudohexagonal and orthorhombic Nb2O5 nanoparticles were synthesized
using a facile and green sol–gel process followed by thermal treatment at 450° C, 600° C …

Design, synthesis and lithium-ion storage capability of Al 0.5 Nb 24.5 O 62

Q Fu, R Li, X Zhu, G Liang, L Luo, Y Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nb16W5O55 is considered as a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
due to its high safety, good cyclability and high rate performance. However, it has not been …

Niobium-based oxide anodes toward fast and safe energy storage: A review

H Ding, Z Song, H Zhang, X Li - Materials Today Nano, 2020 - Elsevier
Fast energy storage performance is strongly considered as one of the core techniques for
next-generation battery techniques. However, the lack of high-performance electrode …