Temperature-induced fabrication of 1D mesoporous Co3O4 for high performance Li-ion batteries

In present work, 1D cobalt(II) complexes were fabricated by a novel temperature-induced approach. The morphology of the cobalt(II) complex can convert from 3D microsphere to 1D nanowire via controlling the reaction temperature (≥90 °C) without any surfactant with a mild chemical solution method. By calcining the 1D Cobalt complex, the mesoporous Co3O4 nanowires can be obtained. The 1D mesoporous Co3O4 exhibits superior reversible capacity of 933 mA h g−1 remained after 200 cycles at a high current density of 1.0 A g−1.