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MOF-driven ultra-small hollow Co9S8 nanoparticles embedded in porous carbon for lithium-ion batteries

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Uniformly dispersed ultra-small hollow Co9S8 nanoparticles (<10 nm) (H-Co9S8@C) and solid Co9S8 nanoparticles (S-Co9S8@C) in porous carbon were fabricated separately by solvothermal and sulfur powder sulphurisation using Co-MOF-74 as the template. Owing to significant structural stability and uniform hollow structure of carbon-encapsulated Co9S8, the as-prepared H-Co9S8@C exhibited excellent lithium ion storage performance as an anode material. Worked in the voltage of 0.01–3.0 V, H-Co9S8@C revealed outstanding rate capability (850, 670, 613, 552, 457, and 347 mA h/g at 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 A/g, respectively), and high reversible capacity (after 250 cycles with a remained capacity of 900.5 mA h/g). Compared with S-Co9S8@C, over 50 cycles, the discharge specific capacity of H-Co9S8@C was still maintained at 655 mA h/g at a current density of 0.5 A/g, whereas the capacity of S-Co9S8@C declined rapidly to 160.4 mA h/g. The results showed that superior capacity, excellent rate performance, and highly stable cycle performance depended mainly on the hollow characteristic of Co9S8.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21261022) and the Regional Collaborative Innovation Project of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (No. 2017E01005) and the University Scientific Research Project of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (No. XJEDU2017I001).

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Zhang, L., Li, H., Xie, H. et al. MOF-driven ultra-small hollow Co9S8 nanoparticles embedded in porous carbon for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Research 33, 1496–1505 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.59

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