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Improved lithium storage performance of block-like Sn/SnO2 powders wrapped in the hydrogel-derived carbon layer as composite anode materials

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Novel nitrogen–doped carbon (NC) coating encapsulating block-like Sn/SnO2 (Sn/SnO2@NC) composite powders are successfully synthesized via hydrothermal, sol–gel, and subsequent heat treatment processes, which are characterized by XRD, SEM, thermogravimetric, Raman, and XPS. The results indicate that the Sn/SnO2@NC-2 composite powders are uniformly distributed in the NC matrix in the presence of 7.000 g of acrylamide. Moreover, the Sn/SnO2@NC-2 composite powders deliver high initial discharge specific capacity of 1132 mAh g−1 and decent capacity of 471.4 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 100 mA g−1 when the composite powders are evaluated as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The improved electrochemical performance of Sn/SnO2@NC-2 is mainly ascribed to the NC coating that can relieve the volume expansion and provide multiple charge transfer channels for electrons to consolidate the structural stability and promote the electronic conductivity of the Sn/SnO2 anode materials, respectively. Therefore, the Sn/SnO2@NC-2 composite powders can be a promising and attractive anode material for lithium-ion batteries.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51874046), the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Hubei Province (No. 2020CFA090), and the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 2021JJ50138).

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  1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Treatment Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, 415000, People’s Republic of China

    Weiguo Zheng, Shuqing Nie & Yao Qin

  2. Sanjin Group Hunan Sanjin Pharmaceutical Co., Changde, 415000, People’s Republic of China

    Weiguo Zheng, Kaiyi Chen, Rui Li & Yao Qin

  3. College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, People’s Republic of China

    Weiguo Zheng, Shuqing Nie, Rui Li & Wei Xiao

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Zheng, W., Nie, S., Chen, K. et al. Improved lithium storage performance of block-like Sn/SnO2 powders wrapped in the hydrogel-derived carbon layer as composite anode materials. Ionics 28, 4599–4610 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04697-y

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