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Superior electrochemical performances of SnS–SnO2/NRGO heterostructures-based lithium anode with enhanced electric field effect

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Inducing built-in charge transfer driving forces by constructing heteronanostructures resulted in the fascinating materials for next generation high speed electronics, optoelectronics and energy storage applications. Controllable syntheses of heteronanostructures with built-in charge transfer benefitted the specific charge transfer kinetics, thereby enhancing the electrochemical performances, when evaluated as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In the present study, novel conversion type heteronanostructures consisting of p-type SnS and n-type SnO2 was successfully fabricated using graphene oxide templates, which ultimately caused the construction of SnS–SnO2/NRGO composites. The formation of the indigenous electric field in resultant composites facilitated the charge transfer kinetics, thereby boosted electrochemical properties. When used as an electrode material in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), synthesized composite materials deliver extraordinary specific capacity, long-term electrochemical cycling characteristics and outstanding rate capacity (1120 mAhg−1over 500 cycles measured @100 mAg−1).

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One of the authors (AMS) acknowledges “Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (Grant Aid: DST/TMD/MES/2K18/139)” and “Naval Research Board, New Delhi (Grant Aid: NRB/MAT/18-19/437)” for their financial supports.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, 600117, India

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    A. M. Shanmugharaj

  3. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, Republic of Korea

    M. J. K. Reddy

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea

    K. H. Won & S. H. Ryu

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Venkatesan, N., Shanmugharaj, A.M., Reddy, M.J.K. et al. Superior electrochemical performances of SnS–SnO2/NRGO heterostructures-based lithium anode with enhanced electric field effect. Journal of Materials Research 37, 3931–3941 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00810-z

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