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Impact of sulphur-containing compounds on the electrochemical capabilities of spinel carbon-coated Sb2SnS4 nano-sheets as alternative anodes in lithium ion batteries

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In this paper, three different samples of spinel carbon@Sb2SnS4 (C@S) sulphide were successfully synthesized via simple hydrothermal technique using L-cysteine (L-cyst.), thioacetic acid (TAA) and thioacetamide (TAM) compounds as sulphur sources. Physical and surface characterizations for the synthesized sulphide powders, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission electron microscope (FE-SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and XPS techniques were carried out. The XRD results confirmed the formation of ternary sulphide Sb2SnS4 in the spinel cubic phase associated with graphite and minor phases of binary sulphides. The microstructure investigation of carbon-coated Sb2SnS4/TAA (C@S/TAA) revealed two-dimensional thin sheets collected as bundles that correspond to ternary sulphide phase, while small bright grains are related to the binary sulphides and oxides. Moreover, the existence of Sb3+ and Sn4+ was confirmed from the XPS double peaks of Sb3d and Sn3d orbitals. Galvanostatic cycling of the assembled cells indicated that C@S/TAA anode delivered the maximum discharge capacity of about 880 mA g−1, while the C@S/L-cyst. cell possessed the lowest discharge capacity of about 772 mAh g−1. Finally, the cell with C@S/TAA anode displayed the highest diffusion coefficient of Li+ ions and best rate capability performance due to the unique two-dimensional thin sheets-like morphology of Sb2SnS4 hybridized with carbon nanoplates.

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Sanad, M.M.S., Shenouda, A.Y. Impact of sulphur-containing compounds on the electrochemical capabilities of spinel carbon-coated Sb2SnS4 nano-sheets as alternative anodes in lithium ion batteries. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 20489–20498 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06558-2

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