Mechanical force-driven growth of elongated bending TiO 2 -based nanotubular materials for ultrafast rechargeable lithium ion batteries

Abstract

A stirring hydrothermal process that enables the formation of elongated bending TiO2–based nanotubes is presented. By making use of its bending nature, the elongated TiO2(B) nanotubular cross-linked network anode electrode can cycle over 10000 times in half cells while retaining a relatively high capacity (114 mAh g−1) at ultra-high rate of 25 C (8.4 A/g).