Graphene-based carbon coated tin oxide as a lithium ion battery anode material with high performance

A ternary rGO/PC/SnO₂nanocomposite with carbon-coated SnO₂homogeneously grown on the surface of rGO using glucose as the soft templating agent delivers an initial specific discharge capacity of 2238.2 mA h g⁻¹and retains 1467.8 mA h g⁻¹after 150 cycles at 0.1C (1C = 782 mA g⁻¹). Even at 1C after 200 cycles, the specific capacity is 618.3 mA h g⁻¹.