Metallic sulfide anodes show great promise for sodium‐ion batteries due to their high theoretic capacities. However, their practical application is greatly hampered by poor electrochemical performance because of the large volume expansion of the sulfides and the sluggish kinetics of the Na+ions. Herein, a porous bimetallic sulfide of the SnS/Sb2S3heterostructure is constructed that is encapsulated in the sulfur and nitrogen codoped carbon matrix (SnS/Sb2S3@SNC) by a facile and scalable method. The porous structure can provide void space to alleviate the volume expansion upon cycling, guaranteeing excellent structural stability. The unique heterostructure and the S, N codoped carbon matrix together facilitate fast‐charge transport to improve reaction kinetics. Benefitting from these merits, the SnS/Sb2S3@SNC electrode exhibits high capacities of 425 mA h g−1at 200 mA g−1after 100 cycles, and 302 mA h g−1at 500 mA g−1after 400 cycles. Moreover, the SnS/Sb2S3@SNC anode shows an outstanding rate performance with a capacity of over 200 mA h g−1at a high current density of 5000 mA g−1. This study provides a new strategy and insight into the design of electrode materials with the potential for the practical realization and applications of next‐generation batteries.
Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries are receiving intense interest as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries, however, the absence of high-performance anode materials limits their further commercialization. Here we prepare cobalt-doped tin disulfide/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal approach. These nanocomposites maintain a capacity of 636.2 mAh g−1after 120 cycles under a current density of 50 mA g−1, and display a capacity of 328.3 mA h g−1after 1500 cycles under a current density of 2 A g−1. The quantitative capacitive analysis demonstrates that the electrochemical performance of the nanocomposite originates from the combined effects of cobalt and sulfur doping, resulting in the enhanced pseudocapacitive contribution (52.8 to 89.8% at 1 mV s−1) of tin disulfide. This work provides insight into tuning the structure of layered transition metal dichalcogenides via heteroatom doping to develop high-performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries.
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- Communications Chemistry
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2399-3669
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- National Science Foundation
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