Preparation of flower-like BaMoO4 and application in rechargeable lithium and sodium ion batteries

A flower-like BaMoO4 composing of numerous microrods has been prepared via facile hydrothermal synthesis and used as anode materials of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium ion batteries (SIBs) for the first time. As the anode materials of LIBs, the flowers-like BaMoO4 can deliver a reversible capacity of 410 mA h g−1 after 900 cycles with columbic efficiency of 100% at 200 mA g−1. In addition, it also can deliver a discharge capacity of 50 mA h g−1 after 100 cycles at 50 mA g−1 as the anode materials of SIBs.