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Aerosol-assisted rapid synthesis of SnS-C composite microspheres as anode material for Na-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Seung Ho Choi,  Yun Chan Kang( )
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713Republic of Korea
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energy storage, anode material, Tin sulfide, carbon composite, sodium battery
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Choi SH, Kang YC. Aerosol-assisted rapid synthesis of SnS-C composite microspheres as anode material for Na-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2015, 8(5): 1595-1603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0648-z
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SnS-C composite powders were prepared through one-pot spray pyrolysis for use as anode materials for Na-ion batteries. C microspheres with uniformly attached cubic-like SnS nanocrystals, which have an amorphous C coating layer, were formed at a preparation temperature of 900 ℃. The initial discharge capacities of the bare SnS and SnS-C composite powders at a current density of 500 mA·g-1 were 695 and 740 mA·h·g-1, respectively. The discharge capacities after 50 cycles and the capacity retentions measured from the second cycle of the bare SnS and SnS-C composite powders were 25 and 433 mA·h·g-1 and 5 and 89%, respectively. The prepared SnS-C composite powders with high reversible capacities and good cycle performance can be used as Na-ion battery anode materials.


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Aerosol-assisted rapid synthesis of SnS-C composite microspheres as anode material for Na-ion batteries

Show Author's information Seung Ho Choi, Yun Chan Kang( )
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713Republic of Korea

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SnS-C composite powders were prepared through one-pot spray pyrolysis for use as anode materials for Na-ion batteries. C microspheres with uniformly attached cubic-like SnS nanocrystals, which have an amorphous C coating layer, were formed at a preparation temperature of 900 ℃. The initial discharge capacities of the bare SnS and SnS-C composite powders at a current density of 500 mA·g-1 were 695 and 740 mA·h·g-1, respectively. The discharge capacities after 50 cycles and the capacity retentions measured from the second cycle of the bare SnS and SnS-C composite powders were 25 and 433 mA·h·g-1 and 5 and 89%, respectively. The prepared SnS-C composite powders with high reversible capacities and good cycle performance can be used as Na-ion battery anode materials.

Keywords: energy storage, anode material, Tin sulfide, carbon composite, sodium battery

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Received: 02 October 2014
Revised: 14 November 2014
Accepted: 19 November 2014
Published: 28 April 2015
Issue date: May 2015

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2012R1A2A2A02046367).

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