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Confining MOF-derived SnSe nanoplatelets in nitrogen-doped graphene cages via direct CVD for durable sodium ion storage

Show Author's Information Chen Lu1,§,  Zhenzhu Li1,§,  Zhou Xia1,  Haina Ci1,2,  Jingsheng Cai1,  Yingze Song1,  Lianghao Yu1,  Wanjian Yin1,  Shixue Dou3,  Jingyu Sun1,2( ),  Zhongfan Liu1,2,4( )
College of EnergySoochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations (SIEMIS)Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu ProvinceSoochow UniversitySuzhou215006China
Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI)Beijing100095China
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsUniversity of WollongongWollongongNSW2522Australia
Center for Nanochemistry (CNC)Beijing Science and Engineering Center for NanocarbonsBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijing100871China

§Chen Lu and Zhenzhu Li contributed equally to this work.

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nitrogen-doped graphene, conductivity, SnSe, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, sodium-ion storage
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Tin-based compounds are deemed as suitable anode candidates affording promising sodium-ion storages for rechargeable batteries and hybrid capacitors. However, synergistically tailoring the electrical conductivity and structural stability of tin-based anodes to attain durable sodium-ion storages remains challenging to date for its practical applications. Herein, metal-organic framework (MOF) derived SnSe/C wrapped within nitrogen-doped graphene (NG@SnSe/C) is designed targeting durable sodium-ion storage. NG@SnSe/C possesses favorable electrical conductivity and structure stability due to the "inner" carbon framework from the MOF thermal treatment and "outer" graphitic cage from the direct chemical vapor deposition synthesis. Consequently, NG@SnSe/C electrode can obtain a high reversible capacity of 650 mAh·g-1 at 0.05 A·g-1, a favorable rate performance of 287.8 mAh·g-1 at 5 A·g-1 and a superior cycle stability with a negligible capacity decay of 0.016% per cycle over 3, 200 cycles at 0.4 A·g-1. Theoretical calculations reveal that the nitrogen-doping in graphene can stabilize the NG@SnSe/C structure and improve the electrical conductivity. The reversible Na-ion storage mechanism of SnSe is further investigated by in-situ X-ray diffraction/ex-situ transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, assembled sodium-ion hybrid capacitor full-cells comprising our NG@SnSe/C anode and an active carbon cathode harvest a high energy/power density of 115.5 Wh·kg-1/5, 742 W·kg-1, holding promise for next-generation energy storages.


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Confining MOF-derived SnSe nanoplatelets in nitrogen-doped graphene cages via direct CVD for durable sodium ion storage

Show Author's information Chen Lu1,§, Zhenzhu Li1,§, Zhou Xia1, Haina Ci1,2, Jingsheng Cai1, Yingze Song1, Lianghao Yu1, Wanjian Yin1, Shixue Dou3, Jingyu Sun1,2( ), Zhongfan Liu1,2,4( )
College of EnergySoochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations (SIEMIS)Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu ProvinceSoochow UniversitySuzhou215006China
Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI)Beijing100095China
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsUniversity of WollongongWollongongNSW2522Australia
Center for Nanochemistry (CNC)Beijing Science and Engineering Center for NanocarbonsBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijing100871China

§Chen Lu and Zhenzhu Li contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Tin-based compounds are deemed as suitable anode candidates affording promising sodium-ion storages for rechargeable batteries and hybrid capacitors. However, synergistically tailoring the electrical conductivity and structural stability of tin-based anodes to attain durable sodium-ion storages remains challenging to date for its practical applications. Herein, metal-organic framework (MOF) derived SnSe/C wrapped within nitrogen-doped graphene (NG@SnSe/C) is designed targeting durable sodium-ion storage. NG@SnSe/C possesses favorable electrical conductivity and structure stability due to the "inner" carbon framework from the MOF thermal treatment and "outer" graphitic cage from the direct chemical vapor deposition synthesis. Consequently, NG@SnSe/C electrode can obtain a high reversible capacity of 650 mAh·g-1 at 0.05 A·g-1, a favorable rate performance of 287.8 mAh·g-1 at 5 A·g-1 and a superior cycle stability with a negligible capacity decay of 0.016% per cycle over 3, 200 cycles at 0.4 A·g-1. Theoretical calculations reveal that the nitrogen-doping in graphene can stabilize the NG@SnSe/C structure and improve the electrical conductivity. The reversible Na-ion storage mechanism of SnSe is further investigated by in-situ X-ray diffraction/ex-situ transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, assembled sodium-ion hybrid capacitor full-cells comprising our NG@SnSe/C anode and an active carbon cathode harvest a high energy/power density of 115.5 Wh·kg-1/5, 742 W·kg-1, holding promise for next-generation energy storages.

Keywords: nitrogen-doped graphene, conductivity, SnSe, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, sodium-ion storage

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Received: 05 September 2019
Revised: 08 October 2019
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Published: 04 November 2019
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51702225), the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2016YFA0200103), and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20170336). C. L., Z. Z. L., Z. X., H. N. C., Y. Z. S., L. H. Y., W. J. Y., J. Y. S., and Z. F. L. acknowledge the support from Suzhou Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Suzhou, China.

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