Citation: Jie XIE, Hongnan XU, Jianfeng LIAO, Ruoyu CHEN, Lin SUN, Zhong JIN. Nitrogen-doped 3D graphene-carbon nanotube network for efficient lithium storage[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2024, 40(10): 1840-1849. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20240216 shu

Nitrogen-doped 3D graphene-carbon nanotube network for efficient lithium storage

Jie XIE ^{1, 2} ,
Hongnan XU ² ,
Jianfeng LIAO ^{1, 2} ,
Ruoyu CHEN ^1,, ,
Lin SUN ^{1, 2, 3,,} ,
Zhong JIN ³

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224051, China
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Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

Corresponding author: Ruoyu CHEN, chry@cczu.edu.cn Lin SUN, sunlin@nju.edu.cn
Received Date: 6 June 2024
Revised Date: 28 August 2024

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A 3D nitrogen-doped graphene/multi-walled carbon nanotube (CS-GO-NCNT) crosslinked network material was successfully synthesized utilizing chitosan and melamine as carbon and nitrogen sources, concomitant with the incorporation of multi-wall carbon nanotubes and employing freeze drying technology. The material amalgamates the merits of 1D/2D hybrid carbon materials, wherein 1D carbon nanotubes confer robustness and expedited electron transport pathways, while 2D graphene sheets facilitate rapid ion migration. Furthermore, the introduction of nitrogen heteroatoms serves to furnish additional active sites for lithium storage. When served as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries, the CS-GO-NCNT electrode delivered a reversible capacity surpassing 500 mAh·g^-1, markedly outperforming commercial graphite anodes. Even after 300 cycles at a high current density of 1 A·g^-1, it remained a reversible capacity of up to 268 mAh·g^-1.
- graphene,
- carbon nanotube,
- hybrid material,
- anode,
- lithium-ion battery
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