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Vol. 11 (2019)

Rational Design of Layered SnS2 on Ultralight Graphene Fiber Fabrics as Binder-Free Anodes for Enhanced Practical Capacity of Sodium-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0297-6
Zongling Ren
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Jie Wen
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Wei Liu
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Xiaoping Jiang
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Yanheng Dong
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Xiaolong Guo
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Qiannan Zhao
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Guipeng Ji
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Ronghua Wang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Ning Hu
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Baihua Qu
Pen‑Tung Sah Institute of Micro‑Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
Chaohe Xu
College of Aerospace Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Chaohe Xu

xche@cqu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 11 (2019), Article Number: 66

Abstract

Generally, the practical capacity of an electrode should include the weight of non-active components such as current collector, polymer binder, and conductive additives, which were as high as 70 wt% in current reported works, seriously limiting the practical capacity. This work pioneered the usage of ultralight reduced graphene fiber (rGF) fabrics as conductive scaffolds, aiming to reduce the weight of non-active components and enhance the practical capacity. Ultrathin SnS2 nanosheets/rGF hybrids were prepared and used as binder-free electrodes of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). The interfused graphene fibers endow the electrode a porous, continuous, and conductive network. The in situ phase transformation from SnO2 to SnS2 could preserve the strong interfacial interactions between SnS2 and graphene. Benefitting from these, the designed binder-free electrode delivers a high specific capacity of 500 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles at a current rate of 0.5 A g−1 with almost 100% Coulombic efficiency. Furthermore, the weight percentage of SnS2 in the whole electrode could reach up to 67.2 wt%, much higher than that of common electrode configurations using Cu foil, Al foil, or carbon cloth, significantly highlighting the ultralight characters and advantages of the rGF fabrics for using as binder-free electrodes of SIBs.


Highlights:


1 Layered SnS2 nanosheets/reduced graphene fiber (SnS2@rGF) hybrid fabrics were fabricated as binder-free electrodes.
2 Ultralight rGF fabrics could increase the active materials loading to a high level of 67.2 wt% in the whole electrode, which is much higher than that of traditional slurry coating electrodes by using Cu or Al foil as current collectors.
3 The practical capacity based on the weight of electrode could increase to as high as ~ 538 mAh g−1 exceeding to the slurry coating electrodes.

Keywords

SnS2 Graphene fiber fabric Binder-free electrode Practical capacity Sodium-ion batteries
Ren, Zongling, Jie Wen, Wei Liu, Xiaoping Jiang, Yanheng Dong, Xiaolong Guo, Qiannan Zhao, Guipeng Ji, Ronghua Wang, Ning Hu, Baihua Qu, and Chaohe Xu. 2019. “Rational Design of Layered SnS2 on Ultralight Graphene Fiber Fabrics As Binder-Free Anodes for Enhanced Practical Capacity of Sodium-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 11 (August):66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0297-6.
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