Spindle-like Mesoporous α-Fe 2 O 3 Anode Material Prepared from MOF Template for High-Rate Lithium Batteries

Spindle-like porous α-Fe2O3 was prepared from an iron-based metal organic framework (MOF) template. When tested as anode material for lithium batteries (LBs), this spindle-like porous α-Fe2O3 shows greatly enhanced performance of Li storage. The particle with a length and width of ∼0.8 and ∼0.4 μm, respectively, was composed of clustered Fe2O3 nanoparticles with sizes of