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A simple electrospinning strategy to achieve the uniform distribution of ultra-fine CoP nanocrystals on carbon nanofibers for efficient lithium storage

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Transition-metal phosphides (TMPs), a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), are limited in application because of its serious volume effect in the cycle. In this work, a simple electrospinning strategy was proposed to restrict the grain size of CoP nanocrystals by nano-confined effect of carbon nanofibers with ligands. The addition of ligands not only could realize the uniform dispersion of CoP nanocrystals, but also strengthen the bond between the metals and carbon nanofibers. As a result, the CoP/CNF composite exhibits excellent lithium storage performance, and its reversible specific capacity could reach 1016.4 mAh g−1 after 200 cycles at a current density of 200 mA g−1. The research is anticipated to provide a new idea for the preparation of anode materials for lithium ion batteries.

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Acknowledgements

This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52104301, 52171207, 51972109, 52072120), the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department, China (Grant No. 21B0591), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2022JJ40162), the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Material (No. 2020GXKLLCEM03), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grant No. 2021CFB133), the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (HUST), Ministry of Education (No. 2021JYBKF05) and the Innovation Project of Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education (Grant No. LCX2021003).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Advanced Carbon-Based Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, 414006, People’s Republic of China

    Qinghua Wang, Wei Wang, Junlin Huang, Hong Yin, Yucan Zhu, Minjie Zhou, Binhong He, Zhaohui Hou & Wenyuan Xu

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  3. School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, People’s Republic of China

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Wang, Q., Wang, W., Huang, J. et al. A simple electrospinning strategy to achieve the uniform distribution of ultra-fine CoP nanocrystals on carbon nanofibers for efficient lithium storage. Carbon Lett. 33, 203–213 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-022-00417-8

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