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NiS2 nanosheet arrays on stainless steel foil as binder-free anode for high-power sodium-ion batteries

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Owing to the wide range and low cost of sodium resources, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have received extensive attention and research. Metal sulfides with high theoretical capacity are used as promising anode materials for SIBs. This paper presents the electrochemical performance of the binder-free NiS2 nanosheet arrays grown on stainless steel (SS) substrate (NiS2/SS) using an in situ growth and sulfidation strategy as anode for sodium ion batteries. Owing to the close connection between the NiS2 nanosheet arrays and the SS current collector, the NiS2/SS anode demonstrates high rate capability with a reversible capacity of 492.5 mAh·g−1 at 5.0C rate. Such rate capability is superior to that of NiS2 nanoparticles (NiS2/CMC: 41.7 mAh·g−1 at 5.0C, NiS2/PVDF: 7.3 mAh·g−1 at 5.0C) and other Ni sulfides (100–450 mAh·g−1 at 5.0C) reported. Furthermore, the initial reversible specific capacity and Coulombic efficiency of NiS2/SS are 786.5 mAh·g−1 and 81%, respectively, demonstrating a better sodium storage ability than those of most NiS2 anodes reported for SIBs. In addition, the amorphization and conversion mechanism during the sodiation/desodiation process of NiS2 are proposed after investigation by in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements of intermediate products at successive charge/discharge stages.

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由于钠资源的分布广泛和低成本, 使得钠离子电池 (SIBs) 受到了广泛的关注和研究。金属硫化物具有较高的理论容量被作为具有潜力的钠离子电池负极材料。本文报道了通过原位生长然后硫化的策略在不锈钢箔 (SS) 集流体上直接生长NiS2纳米片阵列 (NiS2/SS) 作为无粘结剂钠离子电池负极材料的储钠性能。通过原位生长的方法, 使NiS2和SS集流体之间形成紧密连接, NiS2/SS负极显示出较高的倍率性能, 在5.0C的较高电流密度下具有492.5 mAh·g-1的可逆容量, 相比于NiS2纳米颗粒 (NiS2/CMC:5.0C的电流密度具有41.7 mAh·g-1的可逆容量, NiS22/PVDF:5.0C的电流密度具有7.3 mAh·g-1的可逆容量) 和文献报道的大多数NiS2钠离子电池负极 (5.0C的电流密度具有100 – 450 mAh·g-1的可逆容量) 的倍率性能具有明显的改善。此外, NiS2/SS负极在0.1C的电流密度下具有786.5 mAh·g-1的初始可逆容量和81% 的初始库伦效率, 表明NiS2/SS负极相比于文献报道的大多数NiS2具有更优异的储钠性能。进一步, 通过对充/放电过程的中间产物进行原位X射线衍射 (XRD) 测试, 研究了NiS2的嵌/脱钠过程中的非晶化和转化机理。

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21673051), the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (No. 2019A050510043) and the Department of Science and Technology of Zhuhai City, China (No. ZH22017001200059PWC).

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Fan, MP., Chen, YC., Chen, YM. et al. NiS2 nanosheet arrays on stainless steel foil as binder-free anode for high-power sodium-ion batteries. Rare Met. 41, 1294–1303 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01890-2

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