Electrochemical Performance of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/C Composites as Negative Material for Lithium-ion Batteries

The Fe3O4/Carbon composites have been synthesized through coprecipitation pathway and by insitu aniline polymerization as a carbon source. Structural characterization and morphological study of the composites were investigated by using XRD, SEM and TEM techniques. The results showed that the nanosized Fe3O4 particles (40 ~ 80 nm) were encapsulated in the amorphous carbon. During the electrochemical tests, the Fe3O4/C composites exhibited high capaticity and excellent cycle ability, the retention of capaticity was about 1000 mAh?g-1 after 30 cycles of charge/discharge tests at 50 mA?g-1.