Nitrogen doped porous carbon coated antimony as high performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries

Xinyuan Luo; Hengfeng Tan; Ting Ma; Hui Wang; Miao Lv; Zhou Yu; Caiping Fu; Xinghua Chang; Shengming Jin

doi:10.1088/1361-6528/abf778

Nitrogen doped porous carbon coated antimony as high performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries

Nanotechnology. 2021 May 10;32(31). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/abf778.

Authors

Xinyuan Luo¹, Hengfeng Tan¹, Ting Ma¹, Hui Wang¹, Miao Lv¹, Zhou Yu², Caiping Fu³, Xinghua Chang¹, Shengming Jin¹

Affiliations

¹ Hunan Key Lab of Mineral Materials and Application, School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China.
² School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China.
³ Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd, Chenzhou 423000, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 33848983
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abf778

Abstract

Sb holds the promise of being a high performance anode for sodium ion batteries(SIBs), while effective preparation of decent antimony(Sb) based anode materials for sodium storage is still under exploration. Herein, we propose a simple approach to achieve a high performance anode, using polyaniline as the carbon source and SbCl₃as the metal source. Synergetic polymerization and hydrolysis reactions combined with subsequent thermal reduction endow Sb/C-PANI electrode possessing ultrafine Sb nanoparticles symmetrically distributed in the nitrogen(N) doped porous carbon matrix. The Sb/C-PANI electrode exhibits excellent sodium storage performance, featured for a high reversible capacity of 469.5 mAh g^-1after 100 cycles at 100 mA g^-1and 336.5 mAh g^-1after 300 cycles under 500 mA g^-1. Such impressive performance will advance the development of Sb based anode materials for sodium storage. The present approach provides a compatible strategy for preparation of anode materials with high reversible capacity and long lifespan.

Keywords: Sb; nanocomposite; polyaniline; sodium ion battery (SIB).