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A strategy based on water soluble coal tar pitches to construct MnO2@C composite materials with high electrochemical performance

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The water soluble coal tar pitches (WS-CTPs) were successfully prepared and used to construct the MnO2@C composite materials by a hydrothermal method. It is interestingly observed that the structures and morphologies of MnO2@C materials can be controlled by controlling the dosages of WS-CTPs and KMnO4. Meanwhile, it is aware that MnO2 exists in the MnO2@C materials in an amorphous state. Compared with MnO2, MnO2@C materials output a remarkable improvement in electrochemical performance. For instance, MnO2@C-0.3 shows the storage capacity at 965.7 mA h g−1 after 300 cycles at a current density of 0.1 A g−1. In addition, after 600 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A g−1, the storage capacity of MnO2@C-0.3 still keeps 450.3 mA h g−1, indicating that MnO2@C-0.3 owns tremendous cycle stability at a high current density. In view of the fact that the coal tar pitches possess great cost advantages, the strategy of using WS-CTPs as a carbon source to cover the metal oxides is a competitive way to expand the application of metal oxides in the fabrication of electrodes of LIBs.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Energy Materials and Electrochemistry Research Liaoning Province, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, 114051, China

    Bo Liu, Kun Wang, ZhaoQi Guo, GuiYing Xu, BaiGang An & WeiMin Zhou

  2. Advanced Science Research Laboratory, Saitama Institute of Technology, Fusaiji, 1690, Japan

    BeiBei Han & DongYing Ju

  3. Liaoning Starry Sky Sodium Battery Co., Ltd., Anshan, 114051, China

    YongCheng Li & ZhenYong Ni

  4. Sinosteel Anshan Research Institute of Thermo-Energy Co., Ltd., Anshan, 114051, China

    Kun Wang

  5. State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China

    DongYing Ju

  6. Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China

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This work was supported by the University of Science and Technology Liaoning (Grant Nos. 601009816-39 and 2017RC03), the Liaoning Province Education Department of China (Grant Nos. 601009887-16 and LJKQZ2021126), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51672117 and 51672118), and the Postdoctoral Foundation Project of Shenzhen Polytechnic (Grant No. 6020330007K).

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Liu, B., Wang, K., Guo, Z. et al. A strategy based on water soluble coal tar pitches to construct MnO2@C composite materials with high electrochemical performance. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 67, 311–320 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-022-2335-8

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