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Porous nitrogen-doped carbon/MnO coaxial nanotubes as an efficient sulfur host for lithium sulfur batteries

Chao Lin1, Longbing Qu2, Jiantao Li1, Zhengyang Cai1, Haoyun Liu1, Pan He1, Xu Xu1(), Liqiang Mai1 ()
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing,Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122,Wuhan,430070,China;
Department of Mechanical Engineering,The University of Melbourne,Victoria,3010,Australia;
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As a promising candidate for next generation energy storage devices, lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries still confront rapid capacity degradation and low rate capability. Herein, we report a well-architected porous nitrogen-doped carbon/MnO coaxial nanotubes (MnO@PNC) as an efficient sulfur host material. The host shows excellent electron conductivity, sufficient ion transport channels and strong adsorption capability for the polysulfides, resulting from the abundant nitrogen-doped sites and pores as well as MnO in the carbon shell of MnO@PNC. The MnO@PNC-S composite electrode with a sulfur content of 75 wt.% deliveries a specific capacity of 802 mAh·g-1 at a high rate of 5.0 C and outstanding cycling stability with a capacity retention of 82% after 520 cycles at 1.0 C.

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nitrogen dopingporousMnOcarbon nanotubessulfur batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 12 Issue 1,
January 2019
Pages 205-210
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-018-2203-9
Cite this article:
Lin C, Qu L, Li J, et al. Porous nitrogen-doped carbon/MnO coaxial nanotubes as an efficient sulfur host for lithium sulfur batteries. Nano Research, 2019, 12(1): 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2203-9
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Carbon nanotubesDoping (additives)Lithium batteriesLithium compoundsManganese oxideNanotubesNitrogenNitrogen compoundsPhosphorus compoundsSulfur compounds
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