title: Enhancing Sodium Ion Battery Performance by Strongly Binding Nanostructured Sb2S3on Sulfur-Doped Graphene Sheets.
abstract: Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have been considered a promising alternative to lithium ion batteries for large-scale energy storage. However, their inferior electrochemical performances, especially cyclability, become the major challenge for further development of SIBs. Large volume change and sluggish diffusion kinetics are generally considered to be responsible for the fast capacity degradation. Here we report the strong chemical bonding of nanostructured Sb2S3on sulfur-doped graphene sheets (Sb2S3/SGS) that enables a stable capacity retention of 83% for 900 cycles with high capacities and excellent rate performances. To the best of our knowledge, the cycling performance of the Sb2S3/SGS composite is superior to those reported for any other Sb-based materials for SIBs. Computational calculations demonstrate that sulfur-doped graphene (SGS) has a stronger affinity for Sb2S3and the discharge products than pure graphene, resulting in a robust composite architecture for outstanding cycling stability. Our study shows a feasible and effective way to solve the long-term cycling stability issue for SIBs.
authors.affiliation: New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xunhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guanhua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan 11677.
authors.forename: Yuwei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.affiliation: New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fenghua
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Chenghao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan 11677.
authors.forename: Jeng-Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, United States.
authors.forename: Meilin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6188-2372
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Anode; DFT calculation; Sb2S3/graphene composite; electrochemical performance; sodium ion battery