Three-Dimensional C/SnO2 composites as anode materials for lithium ion batteries

The nano-carbon materials have attracted a lot of research

interests since the discovery of C60 molecule in 1985 by

Kroto et al. (1), and the first experimental evidence of

tabular carbon structure from Iijima in 1991 (2). Current

methods used for the preparation of nano-carbon

materials, including chemical vapour deposition (CVD)

and arc vaporisation (3), are commonly characterized by

high cost and the high-pure carbonaceous precursor

gasses. In this work, the potential of using coconut shell

which is very cheap and readily available for the

production of graphitic nano-carbon three-dimensional

networks was investigated.