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Pore-graded and conductor- and binder-free FeS2 films deposited by spray pyrolysis for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

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Porosity-graded, conductor- and binder-free porous FeS2 films through the entire thickness were deposited by spray pyrolysis. The film layers deposited at 15 versus 10 L/min are grown in different modes. The film layer deposited at 15 L/min showed Frank–van der Merwe layer-like growth mode whereas the one deposited at 10 L/min showed island growth mode. These growth modes lead to the formation of large pores on the electrolyte side and small ones on the substrate side of the film deposited using 15 and 10 L/min, sequentially. The porosity-graded films showed discharge capacities at C/10 of 879 mA h/g and 754 mA h/g for the 5th and 20th cycles, respectively. Such capacity values are superior to the literature findings for FeS2 powders and nongraded films mixed with conductor and binder additions.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been conducted during the sabbatical leave granted to Dr. Shadi Al Khateeb from Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) during the academic year 2017–2018. The authors would like to thank the Arab Fund Fellowship Program–Kuwait and USTAR UTAG program for their financial support and equipment during this work.

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    Shadi Al Khateeb

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA

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Al Khateeb, S., Sparks, T.D. Pore-graded and conductor- and binder-free FeS2 films deposited by spray pyrolysis for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Research 34, 2456–2471 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.208

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