Tin Oxide Based Nanomaterials and Their Application as Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond

Abstract

Invited for this month′s cover is the Minireview by the groups of Prof. Fattakhova-Rohlfing and Prof. Bein at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), on tin oxide-based anodes for alkali (lithium, sodium, and potassium) ion batteries. The image shows the lithiation, sodiation, and potassiation of a SnO2/graphene composite material represented by a SnO2 unit cell chain-linked to an underlying graphene sheet. The cross-section of a battery depicts a branched SnO2-based nanostructure undergoing conversion and alloying reactions with alkali ions, affecting its nano- and microstructure, as indicated by the volume and textural changes. The Minireview itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.201901487.