Citation: Jun Dong, Senyuan Tan, Sunbin Yang, Yalong Jiang, Ruxing Wang, Jian Ao, Zilun Chen, Chaohai Zhang, Qinyou An, Xiaoxing Zhang. Spatial confinement of free-standing graphene sponge enables excellent stability of conversion-type Fe₂O₃ anode for sodium storage[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(3): 110010. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110010 shu

Spatial confinement of free-standing graphene sponge enables excellent stability of conversion-type Fe₂O₃ anode for sodium storage

Jun Dong ^{a, 1} ,
Senyuan Tan ^{a, 1} ,
Sunbin Yang ^c ,
Yalong Jiang ^{b, *,} ,
Ruxing Wang ^a ,
Jian Ao ^a ,
Zilun Chen ^a ,
Chaohai Zhang ^{a, d} ,
Qinyou An ^{c, *,} ,
Xiaoxing Zhang ^{a, *,}

a.
Hubei Key Laboratory for High-efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy and Operation Control of Energy Storage System, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
c.
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
d.
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

yljiang@wtu.edu.cn

anqinyou86@whut.edu.cn

xiaoxing.zhang@outlook.com

Received Date: 17 April 2024
Revised Date: 25 April 2024
Accepted Date: 13 May 2024
Available Online: 14 May 2024

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Conversion-type anode materials are highly desirable for Na-ion batteries (NIBs) due to their high theoretical capacity. Nevertheless, the active materials undergo severe expansion and pulverization during the sodiation, resulting in inferior cycling stability. Herein, a self-supporting three-dimensional (3D) graphene sponge decorated with Fe₂O₃ nanocubes (rGO@Fe₂O₃) is constructed. Specifically, the 3D graphene sponge with resilience and high porosity benefits to accommodate the volume expansion of the Fe₂O₃ nanocubes and facilitates the rapid electrons/ions transport, enabling spatial confinement to achieve outstanding results. Besides, the free-standing rGO@Fe₂O₃ can be directly used as an electrode without additional binders and conductive additives, which helps to obtain a higher energy density. Based on the total mass of the rGO@Fe₂O₃ material, the rGO@Fe₂O₃ anode presents a specific capacity of 859 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g. It also delivers an impressive cycling performance (327 mAh/g after 2000 cycles at 1 A/g) and a superior rate capacity (162 mAh/g at 20 A/g). The coin-type Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃@C//rGO@Fe₂O₃ NIB exhibits an energy density of 265.3 Wh/kg. This unique 3D ionic/electronic conductive network may provide new strategies to design advanced conversion-type anode materials for high-performance NIBs.
- Conversion-type anode,
- Spatial confinement,
- Fe₂O₃,
- Graphene network,
- Self-supporting,
- Sodium-ion batteries
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