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Recycling the spent electronic materials to construct a high-performance Cu1.94S/ZnS heterostructure anode of sodium-ion batteries

Xiaowei He1,§, Tianshuai Wang1,2,§( ), Lidong Tian3, Qiuyu Zhang1( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Chongqing Science and Technology Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chongqing 401135, China
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China

§ Xiaowei He and Tianshuai Wang contributed equally to this work.

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The high-quality Cu1.94S/ZnS heterostructure material has been successfully prepared by synergistically combining the green chemical purpose of reusing waste metal with a high-efficiency and low-cost process. The novel heterostructure material shows significantly improved reversible capacity and excellent long-term cycle stability, thanks to the synergistic coupling effect at the interface and the promoted complete alloying reaction of ZnS.

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Heterostructure engineering by coupling different nanocrystals has received extensive attention because it can enhance the reaction kinetics of the anode of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, constructing high-quality heterostructure anode materials through green and environmentally friendly methods remains a challenge. Herein, we have proposed a simple one-step method by recycling the electronic waste metal materials to synthesize the Cu1.94S/ZnS heterostructure materials. Combined with the experimental analysis and first principle calculations, we find that the synergistic effect of different components in heterostructure structures can significantly enhance the reversible capacity and rate performance of anode materials. Based on the constructed Cu1.94S/ZnS anode, we obtain a superior reversible capacity of 440 mAh·g−1 at 100 mA·g−1 and 335 mAh·g−1 after 3000 cycles at 2000 mA·g−1. Our work sheds new light on designing high-rate and capacity anodes for SIBs through the greenness synthesis method.

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sodium-ion batteriesheterostructurereversible capacityenvironmentally synthesis process

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 5,
May 2024
Pages 4006-4015
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-6249-y
Cite this article:
He X, Wang T, Tian L, et al. Recycling the spent electronic materials to construct a high-performance Cu1.94S/ZnS heterostructure anode of sodium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2024, 17(5): 4006-4015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6249-y
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Received: 14 August 2023
Revised: 30 September 2023
Accepted: 07 October 2023
Published: 25 November 2023
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