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Amine-assisted synthesis of FeS@N-C porous nanowires for highly reversible lithium storage

Xiujuan Wei§, Xin Tan§, Jiasheng Meng, Xuanpeng Wang, Ping Hu, Wei Yang, Shuangshuang Tan, Qinyou An( ), Liqiang Mai ( )
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and ProcessingWuhan University of TechnologyWuhan430070China

§Xiujuan Wei and Xin Tan contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Iron sulfide is an attractive anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high specific capacity, environmental benignity, and abundant resources. However, its application is hindered by poor cyclability and rate performance, caused by a large volume variation and low conductivity. Herein, iron sulfide porous nanowires confined in an N-doped carbon matrix (FeS@N-C nanowires) are fabricated through a simple amine-assisted solvothermal reaction and subsequent calcination strategy. The as-obtained FeS@N-C nanowires, as an LIB anode, exhibit ultrahigh reversible capacity, superior rate capability, and long-term cycling performance. In particular, a high specific capacity of 1, 061 mAh·g-1 can be achieved at 1 A·g-1 after 500 cycles. Most impressively, it exhibits a high specific capacity of 433 mAh·g-1 even at 5 A·g-1. The superior electrochemical performance is ascribed to the synergistic effect of the porous nanowire structure and the conductive N-doped carbon matrix. These results demonstrate that the synergistic strategy of combining porous nanowires with an N-doped carbon matrix holds great potential for energy storage.

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iron sulfideN-doped carbon matrixporous nanowireslithium-ion batteriessuperior cycling stability

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Nano Research
Volume 11 Issue 12,
December 2018
Pages 6206-6216
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-018-2140-7
Cite this article:
Wei X, Tan X, Meng J, et al. Amine-assisted synthesis of FeS@N-C porous nanowires for highly reversible lithium storage. Nano Research, 2018, 11(12): 6206-6216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2140-7

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Received: 08 April 2018
Revised: 30 May 2018
Accepted: 30 June 2018
Published: 19 July 2018
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