Ternary metal oxides are considered as promising anode materials for lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), because they can circumvent the shortcomings of single‐component oxides. Herein, a facile hydrothermal route combined with calcination is used to fabricate manganese cobalt oxide (MnCo2O4) hollow spheres comprised of many mesoporous nanosheets. When used as anode material, the MnCo2O4 hollow spheres display excellent electrochemical properties. A specific capacity of 1023 mAh g−1 can be achieved after 200 cycles at a current density of 200 mA g−1. Even at a high current density of 5000 mA g−1, a reversible discharge capacity as high as 755 mAh g−1 can be achieved.
A slurry with high dispersibility is crucial for slip casting technology. The weakly acidic SiC powder with high dispersibility was prepared with polyacrylic acid pretreated by the sodium hydroxide (adjusted pH = 5). The pretreated polyacrylic acid can be effectively adsorbed on the surface of SiC powder, and its utilization efficiency (37%) was better than the unpretreated one (21%). The modified SiC powder with pH = 6 was obtained by polyacrylic acid modification, and the maximum solid content was 61.2 Vol%. The optimum of the pretreated polyacrylic acid addition amount was 1 wt% based on Zeta potential, solid content, and viscosity analysis data. Compared with the unmodified SiC, the Zeta potential absolute value of the modified (−63 mV) was higher due to a large amount of anionic modifier adsorbed on particle surfaces. The modified SiC slurry was more stable because the modification increases the electrostatic repulsion among the SiC molecules.
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