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Engineering of Ni3S4/Co3S4 nanosheets@N, S co-doped carbon anode for lithium-ion batteries

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Developing lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with high electrochemical performance to meet the energy storage requirements has become a research hotspot. Transition metal sulfides (TMSs) have drawn much attention because of their long cycle life and significantly specific capacity. Herein, we synthesize the Ni3S4/Co3S4 nanosheets@N, S co-doped carbon (Ni3S4/Co3S4@NSC) composites by hydrothermal technology. Such nanosheets constituted by heterostructure and glass state of Ni3S4 and Co3S4 are beneficial to lithium-ion transport, and N, S co-doping improves electronic structure for the enhancement of electronic conductivity. Its synergetic effect delivers a high specific capacity of 1619.1 mA h g−1 at a current density of 100 mA g−1 with a stable coulombic efficiency of ∼97%. Unique 120° angle formed by assembling nanosheets on the surface of mesoporous carbon facilitates a good cycle stability (a capacity retention ratio of ∼74.3% over 100 cycles). This work provides a new strategy to regulate performance of LIB anodes.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51972180, 51572134), Key Research & Development Project of Shandong Province (Grant No. 2019GGX102070), the funding from Qilu University of Technology, and the Program for Scientific Research Innovation Team in Colleges and Universities of Jinan (Grant No. 2018GXRC006).

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    Kairui Xu, Yongqiang Ren, Bei Zhang, Xiaolong Xu, Yue Jiang, Qinghua Gong, Xuefeng Sun & Guowei Zhou

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Xu, K., Ren, Y., Zhang, B. et al. Engineering of Ni3S4/Co3S4 nanosheets@N, S co-doped carbon anode for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 27, 5089–5096 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04270-z

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