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Controllable assembly of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon with different pore structures onto CNTs for excellent lithium storage

Haitao Li1, Xiao Fang2, Fengting Lv1, Wei Yu2, Hui Cheng1, Haijiao Zhang1,3( )
Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (NMC) materials with controllable pore structures have been successfully assembled onto carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via a facile copolymer-directed assembly process. The as-made NMC/CNTs anode with spherical pore structure (S-NMC/CNTs) shows a superior lithium storage performance, delivering a high reversible capacity of 588.1 mAh∙g−1 at 0.1 A∙g−1 after 100 cycles.

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Mesoporous carbon nanomaterials have shown a great application potential in energy storage and conversion fields due to their outstanding conductivity, tunable pore structure, and good chemical stability. Nevertheless, how to accurately control the pore structure, especially directly assembling the mesoporous carbon onto different substrates remains a big challenge. Herein, we have successfully assembled two kinds of highly nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon onto carbon nanotubes (NMC/CNTs) based on a facile cooperative assembly process assisted by triblock PEO20PPO70PEO20 (P123) and PEO106PPO70PEO106 (F127) copolymers. The experimental results indicate that the P123/F127 mass ratio has a profound effect on the pore structure, leading to the formation of NMC/CNTs composites with spherical pore structure (S-NMC/CNTs) and cylindrical pore structure (C-NMC/CNTs). In virtue of fast electron/ion transfer kinetics, the as-prepared S-NMC/CNTs anode demonstrates an excellent electrochemical performance for lithium-ion batteries, and it delivers a high reversible capacity of 588.1 mAh∙g−1 at the current of 0.1 A∙g−1 after 100 cycles, along with a superior cycling stability. Specifically noted, the controlled assembly route developed in our work can also be applied to other support materials with different structures and compositions.

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mesoporous carboncarbon nanotubescontrollable assemblyformation mechanismlithium-ion batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 3,
March 2023
Pages 3879-3887
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5540-2
Cite this article:
Li H, Fang X, Lv F, et al. Controllable assembly of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon with different pore structures onto CNTs for excellent lithium storage. Nano Research, 2023, 16(3): 3879-3887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5540-2
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Received: 16 January 2023
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Published: 19 February 2023
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