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Spindle-like Fe7S8/N-doped carbon nanohybrids for high-performance sodium ion battery anodes

Aihua Jin1,2,§, Mi-Ju Kim1,2,§, Kug-Seung Lee3, Seung-Ho Yu1,2,†( ), Yung-Eun Sung1,2( )
Center for Nanoparticle Research,Institute for Basic Science (IBS),Seoul,08826,Republic of Korea;
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering,Seoul National University,Seoul,08826,Republic of Korea;
Beamline Department,Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL),Pohang,790-784,Republic of Korea;

§Aihua Jin and Mi-Ju Kim contributed equally to this work.

†Present address: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

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Abstract

Iron sulfides have been considered as one of the most promising candidates for sodium ion battery anode materials due to their high theoretical capacity and low cost. In this work, spindle-like Fe7S8 with nitrogen-doped carbon (Fe7S8/N-C) nanohybrids are successfully synthesized via a solvothermal method by sulfidation iron-based metal organic framework (FeMOF). As sodium ion battery anodes, Fe7S8/N-C nanohybrids exhibit high reversible capacity of 450.8 mAh·g-1 at 200 mA·g-1, and 406.7 mAh·g-1 at 500 mA·g-1 even after 500 cycles. They also show excellent rate properties and delivering the capacity of 327.8 mAh·g-1 at a very high current density of 3.2 A·g-1. These outstanding electrochemical performances can be attributed to the unique structure of Fe7S8/N-C nanohybrids. The nanoscale dimension in their size can be beneficial for facile ion and electron transports. Furthermore, the stable nitrogen doped carbon frameworks can also improve electrical conductivity and relieve the problems related to volume expansion. X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses have been performed to study reactions occurred in spindle-like Fe7S8/N-C nanohybrid electrode at both bulk and surface.

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sodium ion batteriesiron sulfidesmetal organic frameworksX-ray absorption spectroscopyX-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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Nano Research
Volume 12 Issue 3,
March 2019
Pages 695-700
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2278-y
Cite this article:
Jin A, Kim M-J, Lee K-S, et al. Spindle-like Fe7S8/N-doped carbon nanohybrids for high-performance sodium ion battery anodes. Nano Research, 2019, 12(3): 695-700. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2278-y
Topics:
AnodesCarbonCrystalline materials Doping (additives)Iron compoundsMetal ionsNanostructured materialsNitrogenOrganic polymersOrganometallicsPhotoelectronsPhotonsSulfur compoundsX-ray absorption spectroscopyX-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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Received: 16 October 2018
Revised: 18 December 2018
Accepted: 21 December 2018
Published: 10 January 2019
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