Porous Co3O4 nanoneedle arrays growing directly on copper foils and their ultrafast charging/discharging as lithium-ion battery anodes.

Ultrafast charging/discharging of lithium-ion battery anodes is realized from porous Co(3)O(4) nanoneedle arrays growing on copper foils. Their charge time can be shortened to ∼6 s, their reversible capacity at 0.5C rate is 1167 mAh/g. This implies that nano-arrays growing directly on copper foils are good candidates for anodes. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011