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Stabilizing nickel sulfide nanoparticles with an ultrathin carbon layer for improved cycling performance in sodium ion batteries

Show Author's Information Feipeng Zhao1,§,  Qiufang Gong1,§,  Brian Traynor2,  Duo Zhang1,  Jiaojiao Li1,  Hualin Ye1,  Fengjiao Chen1,  Na Han1,  Yeyun Wang1,  Xuhui Sun1,  Yanguang Li1( )
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and DevicesSoochow UniversitySuzhou215123China
Departments of Physics and ChemistryTrinity CollegeUniversity of DublinDublin 2Ireland

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

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composite, sodium-ion batteries, metal sulfides, carbon coating layer, cycling stability
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Zhao F, Gong Q, Traynor B, et al. Stabilizing nickel sulfide nanoparticles with an ultrathin carbon layer for improved cycling performance in sodium ion batteries. Nano Research, 2016, 9(10): 3162-3170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1198-3
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Nanostructured metal sulfides are potential electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries; however, they typically suffer from very poor cycling stability due to large volume changes and dissolution of discharge products. Herein we propose a rational material design strategy for sulfide-based materials to address these problems. Taking nickel sulfide (NiSx) as an example, we demonstrated that its electrochemical performance can be dramatically improved by confining the NiSx nanoparticles in a percolating conductive carbon nanotube network, and stabilizing them with an ultrathin carbon coating layer. The carbon layer serves as a physical barrier to alleviate the effects of both the volume change and dissolution of active materials. The hybrid material exhibited a large reversible specific capacity of > 500 mAh/g and excellent cycling stability over 200 cycles. Given the traditionally problematic nature of NiSx as a battery anode material, we believe that the observed high performance reported here reflects the effectiveness of our material design strategy.


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Stabilizing nickel sulfide nanoparticles with an ultrathin carbon layer for improved cycling performance in sodium ion batteries

Show Author's information Feipeng Zhao1,§, Qiufang Gong1,§, Brian Traynor2, Duo Zhang1, Jiaojiao Li1, Hualin Ye1, Fengjiao Chen1, Na Han1, Yeyun Wang1, Xuhui Sun1, Yanguang Li1( )
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and DevicesSoochow UniversitySuzhou215123China
Departments of Physics and ChemistryTrinity CollegeUniversity of DublinDublin 2Ireland

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Nanostructured metal sulfides are potential electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries; however, they typically suffer from very poor cycling stability due to large volume changes and dissolution of discharge products. Herein we propose a rational material design strategy for sulfide-based materials to address these problems. Taking nickel sulfide (NiSx) as an example, we demonstrated that its electrochemical performance can be dramatically improved by confining the NiSx nanoparticles in a percolating conductive carbon nanotube network, and stabilizing them with an ultrathin carbon coating layer. The carbon layer serves as a physical barrier to alleviate the effects of both the volume change and dissolution of active materials. The hybrid material exhibited a large reversible specific capacity of > 500 mAh/g and excellent cycling stability over 200 cycles. Given the traditionally problematic nature of NiSx as a battery anode material, we believe that the observed high performance reported here reflects the effectiveness of our material design strategy.

Keywords: composite, sodium-ion batteries, metal sulfides, carbon coating layer, cycling stability

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Received: 06 June 2016
Revised: 29 June 2016
Accepted: 03 July 2016
Published: 08 August 2016
Issue date: October 2016

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The authors greatly acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51472173 and 51522208), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Nos. BK20140302 and SBK2015010320), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology.

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