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Recycling water hyacinth stem waste for cost-effective production of carbon/FeOx nanocomposite anodes for sustainable fast-charging lithium-ion batteries

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In this work, water hyacinth stem waste was used as a cost-effective and sustainable precursor to synthesize carbon/iron oxide (C/FeOx) nanocomposite anode materials, which were simultaneously produced in one step of catalytic graphitization. The synthesis process was superior in terms of simplicity, scalability, simplicity of required conditions, and environmental friendliness. Intensive physical characterization revealed that the synthesized materials consisted of FeOx nanoparticles and salt contents scattered across the surface of partially graphitized carbon. This was greatly advantageous since carbon would be able to suppress the volume change effect of FeOx. As a result, electrochemical studies discovered that the C/FeOx nanocomposite with the best performance delivered a high reversible capacity of 268.5 mAh g−1 after 300 cycles at 0.1 A g−1 and 171.1 mAh g−1 after 1000 cycles at 2 A g−1. Even after cycling through 5000 cycles at a fast charge stage of 10 A g−1, this material could still function as a great anode. Also, the coulombic efficiency was found to be greater than 90% even after a long-term cycle, which demonstrated outstanding cyclic reversibility and stability achieved without any conductive additives as compared to commercial graphite. Thus, this study sheds light on the adaptive production of nanocomposite anodes from diverse biomass waste, which can be repurposed in the future to develop important sustainable energy storage applications. Also, the results indicate that these C/FeOx nanocomposite materials could be employed as low-cost anode materials in environmentally friendly lithium-ion batteries, even at fast charge–discharge rates.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Renewable Energy Laboratory-Advanced Battery Research Unit, Chiang Mai University for sample preparation, battery cell fabrication, and electrochemical measurements. Also, the authors appreciate the characterizations and facility supports by Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University. Advanced electron microscopy was supported by the Collaborative Research Program of Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University [Grant No. 2023-140]. This research project was financially supported by Fundamental Fund 2022, Center of Excellence in Materials Science and Technology under the Administration of Materials Science Research Center of Chiang Mai University, the Postdoctoral Fellowships, Chiang Mai University, and Program Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMU-C), Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Waewwow Yodying, Thanapat Autthawong, Orapim Namsar & Thapanee Sarakonsri

  2. Material Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Thanapat Autthawong, Torranin Chairuangsri & Thapanee Sarakonsri

  3. Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan

    Tsutomu Kiyomura, Mitsutaka Haruta & Hiroki Kurata

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The original concept was designed by WY. The material synthesis, characterization, and battery measurements were carried out by WY and TA. WY, TA, and ON analyzed data and wrote the original draft manuscript. TK, MH, and HK performed other characterizations. TS supervised the research. WY and TA devised the original concept. WY, TA, ON and TS revised the manuscript. TS and TC were advocates for resources and procured research funding. All authors reviewed and edited the manuscript.

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Yodying, W., Autthawong, T., Namsar, O. et al. Recycling water hyacinth stem waste for cost-effective production of carbon/FeOx nanocomposite anodes for sustainable fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1319 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10719-w

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