Bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-doped porous carbon scaffolds for lithium and sodium storage.
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Here we report an effective bottom-up solution-phase process for the preparation of nitrogen-doped porous carbon scaffolds (NPCSs), which can be employed as high-performance anode materials for both lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). The as-obtained NPCSs show favorable features for electrochemical energy storage such as high specific surface area, appropriate pore size distribution (3.9 nm in average), large pore volume (1.36 cm3 g-1 ), nanosheet-like morphology, a certain degree of graphitization, enlarged interlayer distance (0.38 nm), high content of nitrogen (∼5.6 at%) and abundant electrochemically-active sites. Such a unique architecture provides efficient Li+ /Na+ reservoirs, and also possesses smooth electron transport pathways and electrolyte access. For LIBs, the anodes based on NPCSs deliver a high reversible capacity of 1275 mA h g-1 after 250 cycles at 0.5 C (1 C = 372 mA g-1 ), and outstanding cycling stabilities with a capacity of 518 mA h g-1 after 500 cycles at 5 C and 310 mA h g-1 after 1500 cycles even at 10 C. For SIBs, the anodes based on NPCSs display a reversible capacity of 257 mA h g-1 at 50 mA g-1 , and superior long-term cycling performance with a capacity of 191 mA h g-1 after 1000 cycles at 200 mA g-1 .
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lu, H; Chen, R; Hu, Y; Wang, X; Wang, Y; Ma, L; Zhu, G; Chen, T; Tie, Z; Jin, Z; Liu, J
Published Date
- February 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 9 / 5
Start / End Page
- 1972 - 1977
PubMed ID
- 28102408
Pubmed Central ID
- 28102408
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2040-3372
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 2040-3364
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1039/c6nr08296c
Language
- eng