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Surface coated longan shell-derived carbon host design for high-rate sodium–selenium batteries

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Sodium–selenium (Na–Se) batteries are a promising substitute for lithium-ion batteries due to the high volumetric capacity of Se (3260 mAh cm−3) and their high conductivity. However, the shuttle effect and sluggish reaction kinetics have limited their practical application. In this paper, a titanium dioxide-coated selenium/nitrogen-doped porous carbon cathode is designed for high-performance Na–Se batteries. The titanium dioxide coating inhibits the shuttle effect via the chemisorption of intermediates and catalyzes the conversion of polyselenides. Furthermore, the longan shell-derived porous carbon promotes the transfer of electrons and buffers the volume change during cycling. As a result, the well-designed cathode displays a high capacity of 637.8 mAh g−1, excellent cyclic stability, and outstanding rate performance (158.8 mAh g−1 at 2 A g−1). This work is expected to provide a new perspective for the design of robust Se-based cathodes and promote the development of Na–Se batteries.

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This research was supported by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (No. JCYJ20200109105801725).

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    Yinyin Li, Liang Song, Jianhui Zhu, Yanyi Wang, Dingtao Ma, Shichang Sun & Peixin Zhang

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China

    Yinyin Li, Jianhui Zhu & Peixin Zhang

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YL: Conceptualization, Writing–original draft. LS: Investigation, Writing–review and editing. JZ: Writing–review and editing. YW: Methodology. DM: Supervision. SS: Writing–review and editing. PZ: Supervision.

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Li, Y., Song, L., Zhu, J. et al. Surface coated longan shell-derived carbon host design for high-rate sodium–selenium batteries. Journal of Materials Research 38, 4892–4901 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01180-w

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