Nitrogen-doped carbon-coated hollow SnS₂/NiS microflowers for high-performance lithium storage

Abstract

Nitrogen-doped carbon-coated hollow SnS₂/NiS (SnS₂/NiS@N–C) microflowers were obtained using NiSn(OH)₆ nanospheres as the template via a solvent-thermal method followed by the polydopamine coating and carbonization process. When served as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries, such hollow SnS₂/NiS@N–C microflowers exhibited a capacity of 403.5 mAh·g⁻¹ at 2.0 A·g⁻¹ over 200 cycles and good rate performance. The electrochemical reaction kinetics of this anode was analyzed, and the morphologies and structures of anode materials after the cycling test were characterized. The high stability and good rate performance were mainly due to bimetallic synergy, hollow micro/nanostructure, and nitrogen-doped carbon layers. The revealed excellent electrochemical energy storage properties of hollow SnS₂/NiS@N–C microflowers in this study highlight their potential as the anode material.

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Keywords

SnS₂ / NiS / microflower / hollow structure / nitrogen-doped carbon / anode / lithium-ion battery

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Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (Grant No. NRF-2019R1A5A8080290) and the University Synergy Innovation Program of Anhui Province (GXXT-2020-073 and GXXT-2020-074).

Electronic supplementary information

Supplementary materials can be found in the online version at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-023-0654-8, which include Figs. S1‒S8 and Tables S1–S2.

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