SnO₂ nanotubes with N-doped carbon coating for advanced Li-ion battery anodes

Abstract

Tin dioxide nanotubes with N-doped carbon layer (SnO₂/N-C NTs) were synthesized through a MoO₃ nanorod-based sacrificial template method, dopamine polymerization and calcination process. Applied to the Li-ion battery, SnO₂/N-C NTs exhibited excellent electrochemical properties, with a first discharge capacity of 1722.3 mAh·g⁻¹ at 0.1 A·g⁻¹ and a high capacity of 1369.3 mAh·g⁻¹ over 100 cycles. The superior electrochemical performance is ascribed to the N-doped carbon layer and tubular structure, which effectively improves the electrical conductivity of the composites, accelerates the migration of Li⁺ and electrons, and alleviates the volume change of the anode to a certain extent.

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Keywords

SnO₂ / nanotubes / N-doped carbon / anode / Li-ion battery

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Declaration of competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (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/s11706-023-0663-7 and https://journal.hep.com.cn/foms/EN/10.1007/s11706-023-0663-7, which include Figs. S1‒S10 and Tables S1‒S2.

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