Citation: Wenlong MA, Sangxin LIU, Yue ZHOU, Ping WU, Xin CAO, Xiaoshu ZHU, Shaohua WEI, Yiming ZHOU. Room-temperature solid-state reaction-assisted strategy to fabricate nanocomposites of N, S-codoped carbon confined FeCoS₂ as high-performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2024, 40(1): 145-154. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20230395 shu

Room-temperature solid-state reaction-assisted strategy to fabricate nanocomposites of N, S-codoped carbon confined FeCoS₂ as high-performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

Wenlong MA ^{1, #} ,
Sangxin LIU ^{1, #} ,
Yue ZHOU ^2,, ,
Ping WU ¹ ,
Xin CAO ¹ ,
Xiaoshu ZHU ³ ,
Shaohua WEI ¹ ,
Yiming ZHOU ^1,,

1.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
2.
School of Environmental Science, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
3.
Centre for Analysis and Testing, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China

Corresponding author: Yue ZHOU, zhouyue@njxzc.edu.cn Yiming ZHOU, zhouyiming@njnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 19 October 2023
Revised Date: 20 December 2023

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In this work, a facile and cost-effective solid-state reaction method for the synthesis of the nanocomposites (denoted as FeCoS₂⊂NSC) of N, S-codoped carbon-confined FeCoS₂ nanocrystalline was presented. By directly mixing cobalt acetate tetrahydrate, ferrous acetate, o-vanillin and o-phenylenediamine with a molar ratio of 1∶1∶4∶2 at ambient temperature in the presence of sulfur powder, a self-assembly solid state reaction took place to give rise to the complexes of Co(Ⅱ) and Fe(Ⅱ) with a bis-Schiff base, which were evenly distributed in the sulfur powder surroundings. After subsequent annealing at an elevated temperature, simultaneous carbonization and sulfidization occurred, resulting in the in-situ formation of ultrafine FeCoS₂ nanoparticles confined in N, S-codoped carbon matrices. The phase, morphology, composition, and content of each component in the nanocomposite were determined by powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. The electrochemical sodium storage performance was tested by the cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge-discharge techniques. The results showed that the average size of the FeCoS₂ particles in the optimized nanocomposite (FeCoS₂⊂NSC-7001) was ca. 3.4 nm, which was uniformly confined in the N, S-codoped carbon matrices. When FeCoS₂⊂NSC-7001 was used as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries, it exhibited excellent electrochemical energy storage performance in terms of long-term cycling stability and rate capability. An anode prepared with FeCoS₂⊂NSC-7001 nanocomposite exhibited significantly improved sodium-ion storage performance, where a large reversible charging capacity of 310.4 mAh·g^-1 was obtained after 300 cycles at a current density of 0.1 A·g^-1. Even when such an anode was cycled at a current density of 5 A·g^-1, a reversible specific charging capacity of 146.0 mAh·g^-1 can still be achieved, showing excellent electrochemical sodium storage performance.
- sodium-ion batteries,
- anode materials,
- FeCoS₂ nanocrystalline,
- N, S-codoped carbon material,
- nanocomposites,
- room-temperature solid-state reaction
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