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Sulfide synergistic electrochemical activity for high-performance alkaline rechargeable microbatteries

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Alkaline rechargeable microbatteries have attracted considerable and sustained attention in recent years. However, the complicated fabrication process and the limited specific capacitance of electrodes are still key problems for the development of microbatteries. Herein, we develop a simple approach to enhance electrochemical activity of electrodes via rational design of material components. A sulfide synergistic bimetallic electrode composed of Ni-Co layered double hydroxides (NiCo-LDHs) and Co4S3 composites (NiCo-LDHs-S) is prepared by one-step electrodeposition. Thanks to the richer redox couples in NiCo-LDHs-S and high conductivity of Co4S3, the areal capacitance of NiCo-LDHs-S cathode is ~ 5.8 times, ~ 19.7 times and 1.5 times as high as that of electrodes based on cobalt sulfur composites (Co-O-S), nickel sulfur composites (Ni-O-S) and NiCo-LDHs, respectively. A carbon-modified Fe3O4 (Fe3O4@C) anode is prepared to promote electron transfer, leading to an areal capacitance of 207.2 mC cm−2 at a current density of 2 mA cm−2. An efficient alkaline rechargeable microbattery using NiCo-LDHs-S as a cathode and Fe3O4@C as an anode is obtained and shows an areal capacitance of 61.7 mC cm−2 and an energy density of 16.4 μWh cm−2 (1.0 mW cm−2).

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We thank Xidian University for its support. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51832004 and 51973170, the National Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province under Grant No 2019JCW-17, the National Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province under Grant No 2019JQ-654 and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (JB191405, JB191406).

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  1. School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710126, People’s Republic of China

    Hui Yuan, Peipei Han, Cong Li & Rusen Yang

  2. Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaocong Tian

  3. State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaobin Liao

  4. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China

    Liqiang Mai

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Yuan, H., Tian, X., Han, P. et al. Sulfide synergistic electrochemical activity for high-performance alkaline rechargeable microbatteries. J Mater Sci 56, 629–639 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05191-4

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