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Metal-organic framework-derived Ni2P/nitrogen-doped carbon porous spheres for enhanced lithium storage

金属有机框架衍生Ni2P嵌入氮掺杂碳多孔微球在锂离子电池中的应用

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Transition metal phosphides (TMPs)/carbonaceous matrices have gradually attracted attention in the field of energy storage. In this study, we presented nickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles anchored to nitrogen-doped carbon porous spheres (Ni2P/NC) by using metal-organic framework-Ni as the template. The comprehensive encapsulation architecture provides closer contact among the Ni2P nanoparticles and greatly improves the structural integrity as well as the electronic conductivity, resulting in excellent lithium storage performance. The reversible specific capacity of 286.4 mA h g−1 has been obtained even at a high current density of 3.0 A g−1 and 450.4 mA h g−1 is obtained after 800 cycles at 0.5 A g−1. Furthermore, full batteries based on LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2||Ni2P/NC exhibit both good rate capability and cycling life. This study provides a powerful and in depth insight on new advanced electrodes in high performance energy storage devices.

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过渡金属磷化物(TMPs)/碳复合材料的设计合成在储能领域逐渐引起了研究人员的关注. 本研究以镍基-金属有机骨架材料为模板将磷化镍(Ni2P)纳米颗粒嵌入到氮掺杂碳(Ni2P/NC)多孔微球中. 全面碳封装结构使得Ni2P纳米颗粒之间的接触更加紧密, 大大提高了结构的完整性和导电性, 使得储锂性能更加优异. 即使在电流密度为3.0 A g−1的情况下, 可逆比容量仍可达286.4 mA h g−1. 在0.5 A g−1 电流密度下连续充放电循环800次后, 仍可获得450.4 mA h g−1的可逆比容量. 本研究证实了Ni2P/NC微观结构的可逆性. 此外, 基于LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2||Ni2P/NC的全电池展示了良好的速率性能和循环寿命. 本研究为寻找应用于储能装置的先进电极材料提供了有力而深入的理论依据.

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This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11705015 and U1832147), the Foundation of Jiangsu Science and Technology Department (BA2016041), the Science and Technology Plan Project of Suzhou (SYG201738 and SZS201710). We sincerely acknowledge Prof. Augusto Marcelli for polishing the language and the staff of the XAS beamlines of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility for their support on this study.

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  1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China

    Shi Tao  (陶石), Shan Cong  (丛姗), Dajun Wu  (吴大军) & Bin Qian  (钱斌)

  2. Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China

    Peixin Cui  (崔培昕)

  3. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China

    Shuangming Chen  (陈双明) & Li Song  (宋礼)

  4. INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via E. Fermi 40, Frascati, 00044, Italy

    Augusto Marcelli

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Author contributions Tao S and Cui P engineered the experiments and wrote the paper; Chen S performed the XAFS experiments; Qian B and Song L proposed the experimental design and revised paper; Marcelli A polished the manuscript. All authors contributed to the general discussion.

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Shi Tao received his PhD degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2016. He is currently working as an associate professor in Changshu Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the synthesis of novel electrode materials for application in lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries and the relationship between structure and property of electrodes using synchrotron radiation technique.

Bin Qian is currently a professor at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering in Changshu Institute of Technology. He received PhD degree from Nanjing University in 2009, Followed by a research stay at Tulane University in USA. His current research interests mainly include the design of novel magnetic materials and energy storage materials for batteries.

Li Song received his PhD in 2006 from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (supervised by Prof. Sishen Xie). After four years postdoctoral research at the University of Munich, Germany and Rice University, USA, he became an associate professor at Shinshu University in Japan. He was promoted to professor at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2012. His current research interests are synchrotron radiation study on low dimensional nanostructures and energy-related devices.

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Tao, S., Cui, P., Cong, S. et al. Metal-organic framework-derived Ni2P/nitrogen-doped carbon porous spheres for enhanced lithium storage. Sci. China Mater. 63, 1672–1682 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1328-y

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