Facile synthesis of carbon-decorated single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanowires and their application as high performance anode in lithium ion batteries

Abstract

A facile microwave-hydrothermal approach has been used to synthesize single-crystalline Fe₃O₄ nanowires within 15 min at 150 °C. The Fe₃O₄ nanowires, after decorating with carbon, exhibit excellent cyclability and rate performance when employed as an anode in lithium ion batteries.