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Flexible Conductive Anodes Based on 3D Hierarchical Sn/NS-CNFs@rGO Network for Sodium-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0294-9
Linqu Luo
College of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Bio‑Fibers and Eco‑Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
Jianjun Song
College of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Bio‑Fibers and Eco‑Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
Longfei Song
College of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Bio‑Fibers and Eco‑Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
Hongchao Zhang
College of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Bio‑Fibers and Eco‑Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
Yicheng Bi
College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, No. 99 Songling Road, Qingdao 260061, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
Lei Liu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, People’s Republic of China
Longwei Yin
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, People’s Republic of China
Fengyun Wang
College of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Bio‑Fibers and Eco‑Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
Guoxiu Wang
Centre for Clean Energy Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

Corresponding Author: Guoxiu Wang

Guoxiu.Wang@uts.edu.au

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 11 (2019), Article Number: 63

Abstract

Metallic Sn has provoked tremendous progress as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, Sn anodes suffer from a dramatic capacity fading, owing to pulverization induced by drastic volume expansion during cycling. Herein, a flexible three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical conductive network electrode is designed by constructing Sn quantum dots (QDs) encapsulated in one-dimensional N,S co-doped carbon nanofibers (NS-CNFs) sheathed within two-dimensional (2D) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) scrolls. In this ingenious strategy, 1D NS-CNFs are regarded as building blocks to prevent the aggregation and pulverization of Sn QDs during sodiation/desodiation, 2D rGO acts as electrical roads and “bridges” among NS-CNFs to improve the conductivity of the electrode and enlarge the contact area with electrolyte. Because of the unique structural merits, the flexible 3D hierarchical conductive network was directly used as binder- and current collector-free anode for SIBs, exhibiting ultra-long cycling life (373 mAh g−1 after 5000 cycles at 1 A g−1), and excellent high-rate capability (189 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1). This work provides a facile and efficient engineering method to construct 3D hierarchical conductive electrodes for other flexible energy storage devices.


Highlights:


1 3D hierarchical conductive Sn quantum dots encapsulated in N,S co-doped carbon nanofibers sheathed within rGO scrolls (Sn/NS-CNFs@rGO) were prepared through an electrospinning process.
2 Flexible Sn/NS-CNFs@rGO electrode exhibits superior long-term cycling stability and high-rate capability in sodium-ion batteries.

Keywords

Flexible electrodes N,S co-doped carbon nanofibers Reduced graphene oxide Sn quantum dots Sodium-ion batteries
Luo, Linqu, Jianjun Song, Longfei Song, Hongchao Zhang, Yicheng Bi, Lei Liu, Longwei Yin, Fengyun Wang, and Guoxiu Wang. 2019. “Flexible Conductive Anodes Based on 3D Hierarchical Sn/NS-CNFs@rGO Network for Sodium-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 11 (August):63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0294-9.
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