@article{lu_fu_zhu_chen_yanilmaz_dirican_ge_jiang_zhang_2016, title={Comparing the structures and sodium storage properties of centrifugally spun SnO2 microfiber anodes with/without chemical vapor deposition}, volume={51}, ISSN={["1573-4803"]}, url={https://publons.com/publon/26924656/}, DOI={10.1007/s10853-016-9768-z}, number={9}, journal={JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE}, publisher={Springer Nature}, author={Lu, Yao and Fu, Kun and Zhu, Jiadeng and Chen, Chen and Yanilmaz, Meltem and Dirican, Mahmut and Ge, Yeqian and Jiang, Han and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2016}, month={May}, pages={4549–4558} }
 @article{chen_lu_ge_zhu_jiang_li_hu_zhang_2016, title={Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers as Anode Material for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries}, volume={4}, ISSN={["2194-4296"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201600205}, DOI={10.1002/ente.201600205}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={11}, journal={ENERGY TECHNOLOGY}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Chen, Chen and Lu, Yao and Ge, Yeqian and Zhu, Jiadeng and Jiang, Han and Li, Yongqiang and Hu, Yi and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2016}, month={Nov}, pages={1440–1449} }
 @article{jiang_ge_fu_lu_chen_zhu_dirican_zhang_2015, title={Centrifugally-spun tin-containing carbon nanofibers as anode material for lithium-ion batteries}, volume={50}, ISSN={["1573-4803"]}, url={https://publons.com/publon/26924667/}, DOI={10.1007/s10853-014-8666-5}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE}, publisher={Springer Nature}, author={Jiang, Han and Ge, Yeqian and Fu, Kun and Lu, Yao and Chen, Chen and Zhu, Jiadeng and Dirican, Mahmut and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, pages={1094–1102} }
 @article{dirican_yildiz_lu_fang_jiang_kizil_zhang_2015, title={Flexible binder-free silicon/silica/carbon nanofiber composites as anode for lithium-ion batteries}, volume={169}, ISSN={["1873-3859"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.035}, DOI={10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.035}, abstractNote={High-capacity flexible electrode materials for high-energy lithium–ion batteries become critically important with technological improvements on portable and bendable electronic equipment such as rollup displays, implantable medical devices, active radio-frequency identification tags, and wearable devices. Although different types of bendable electrode materials have been introduced, it is very important to fabricate highly-flexible electrode materials with reasonable fabrication technique and high electrochemical performance similar to those of conventional high-capacity electrode materials. Herein, we introduced high-capacity, flexible Si/SiO2/C nanofiber composite anode materials by simple electrospinning and subsequent heat treatment processes. To further improve the long-term cycling performance, additional nanoscale carbon coating of flexible Si/SiO2/C nanofibers was performed by CVD technique. Electrochemical performance results showed that CVD carbon-coated flexible Si/SiO2/C nanofiber composites exhibited high capacity retention of 86.7% and high coulombic efficiency of 96.7% at the 50th cycle. It is, therefore, demonstrated that CVD carbon-coated flexible Si/SiO2/C nanofiber composites are promising anode material candidate for next-generation flexible and high-energy lithium–ion batteries.}, journal={ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Dirican, Mahmut and Yildiz, Ozkan and Lu, Yao and Fang, Xiaomeng and Jiang, Han and Kizil, Huseyin and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={52–60} }
 @article{ge_jiang_zhu_lu_chen_hu_qiu_zhang_2015, title={High cyclability of carbon-coated TiO2 nanoparticles as anode for sodium-ion batteries}, volume={157}, ISSN={["1873-3859"]}, url={https://publons.com/publon/10720328/}, DOI={10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.086}, abstractNote={Owing to the merits of good chemical stability, elemental abundance and nontoxicity, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has drawn increasing attraction for use as anode material in sodium-ion batteries. Nanostructured TiO2 was able to achieve high energy density. However, nanosized TiO2 is typically electrochemical instable, which leads to poor cycling performance. In order to improve the cycling stability, carbon from thermolysis of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) was coated onto TiO2 nanoparticles. Electronic conductivity and electrochemical stability were enhanced by coating carbon onto TiO2 nanoparticles. The resultant carbon-coated TiO2 nanoparticles exhibited high reversible capacity (242.3 mAh g−1), high coulombic efficiency (97.8%), and good capacity retention (87.0%) at 30 mA g−1 over 100 cycles. By comparison, untreated TiO2 nanoparticles showed comparable reversible capacity (237.3 mAh g−1) and coulombic efficiency (96.2%), but poor capacity retention (53.2%) under the same condition. The rate performance of carbon-coated TiO2 nanoparticles was also displayed as high as 127.6 mAh g−1 at a current density of 800 mA g−1. The improved cycling performance and rate capability were mostly attributed to protective carbon layer helping stablize solid electrolyte interface formation of TiO2 nanoparticles and improving the electronic conductivity. Therefore, it is demonstrated that carbon-coated TiO2 nanoparticles are promising anode candidate for sodium-ion batteries.}, journal={ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ge, Yeqian and Jiang, Han and Zhu, Jiadeng and Lu, Yao and Chen, Chen and Hu, Yi and Qiu, Yiping and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2015}, month={Mar}, pages={142–148} }
 @article{zhu_chen_lu_ge_jiang_fu_zhang_2015, title={Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers derived from polyacrylonitrile for use as anode material in sodium-ion batteries}, volume={94}, ISSN={["1873-3891"]}, url={https://publons.com/publon/26924672/}, DOI={10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.076}, abstractNote={Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers (N-CNFs) derived from polyacrylonitrile were successfully synthesized by a combination of electrospinning and thermal treatment processes. The as-prepared N-CNFs were used as anode material for sodium-ion batteries due to their unique fabric and weakly-ordered turbostratic structure as well as large spacing between graphene layers. Results show that N-CNFs carbonized at 800 °C delivered a high reversible capacity of 293 mAh g−1 at a current density of 50 mA g−1 in the first cycle. Even though the first-cycle Coulombic efficiency was 64%, it increased to nearly 100% only after a few initial cycles. Additionally, these N-CNFs showed excellent cycling and high-rate performance, and maintained a capacity of up to 150 mAh g−1 even at an extremely high current density of 1000 mA g−1 for over 200 cycles. It is, therefore, demonstrated that N-CNFs prepared under appropriate conditions are promising anode material candidate for sodium-ion batteries.}, journal={CARBON}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Zhu, Jiadeng and Chen, Chen and Lu, Yao and Ge, Yeqian and Jiang, Han and Fu, Kun and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2015}, month={Nov}, pages={189–195} }
 @article{ge_jiang_fu_zhang_zhu_chen_lu_qiu_zhang_2014, title={Copper-doped Li4Ti5O12/carbon nanofiber composites as anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries}, volume={272}, ISSN={["1873-2755"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.08.131}, DOI={10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.08.131}, abstractNote={Lithium titanium oxide (Li4Ti5O12) is a promising anode material, owing to its superior safety and reliability. However, the main challenge of Li4Ti5O12 is the low material conductivity which restricts its electrochemical performance. In order to use Li4Ti5O12 in practical sodium-ion batteries, copper-doped Li4Ti5O12 (Li4−xCuxTi5O12, x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) nanoparticles were prepared to enhance the electronic conductivity. Copper-doped Li4Ti5O12 nanoparticles were then embedded in continuous carbon nanofibers (CNFs), which gave rise to fast electron transfer along the fiber direction. After copper-doping and CNF embedding, the resultant copper-doped Li4Ti5O12/CNFs achieved excellent reversible capacity (158.1 mAh g−1) at 30 mA g−1, high coulombic efficiency (99.87%), and good capacity retention (91%) after 150 cycles. In addition, copper-doped Li4Ti5O12/CNFs also exhibited good rate capability. It is, therefore, demonstrated that copper-doped Li4Ti5O12/CNFs are promising anode candidate.}, journal={JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ge, Yeqian and Jiang, Han and Fu, Kun and Zhang, Changhuan and Zhu, Jiadeng and Chen, Chen and Lu, Yao and Qiu, Yiping and Zhang, Xiangwu}, year={2014}, month={Dec}, pages={860–865} }