Sol-gel co-electrospun LiNiO2 hollow nanofibers

Using a coaxial capillary spinneret electrospinning technique combined with the sol-gel method, the nickelic xerogel hollow nanofibers first were prepared and the polycrystalline LiNiO2 hollow nanofibers were obtained after sintering. The obtained hollow nanofibers were about 500 nm to 4 mu m in outer diameter, and were made up of 20 similar to 30 nm nanocrystals. The xerogel hollow nanofibers and those calcined at different temperatures were characterized by thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum, x-ray diffractometry (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).