Reduced Graphene Oxide/Glucose Co‐Assisted Micro Titanium Niobium Oxide Hybrid Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Abstract Titanium niobium oxide (TiNb2O7) has shown great potential to replace carbon‐based anode materials for lithium‐ion batteries because of its high theoretical specific capacity and high rate performance. However, the low intrinsic Li+/e− conductivity of TiNb2O7 restricts its extensive application. To overcome this disadvantage, a novel reduced graphene oxide/glucose co‐assisted micro titanium niobium oxide hybrid anodes (G/C/TNO) was designed by a bottom‐up one‐pot method. rGO mainly acted as the carrier to reach the goal of ameliorating electronic conductivity. Glucose, as the fixative and carbon source, chiefly played a protective role in the structural integrity during cycling and synergized with rGO to improve Li+/e− transport kinetics. Therefore, the novel G/C/TNO composite displayed a high specific capacity of 208.8 mAh g−1 at 2C after 500 cycles and a good cycling stability of 161.1 mAh g−1 at a high rate of 10C in the best case.