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Hierarchical flower SnS2/C composites for long-cycle and high-rate sodium ion batteries

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Tin-based are considered ideal anode materials for sodium ion batteries (SIBs) due to their high-theoretical capacity and low cost, among which tin disulfide (SnS2) has been the most widely studied. Here, hierarchical flower SnS2 were prepared by a simple one-step solvothermal method, and SnS2@C was synthesized by carbonization after stirring with dopamine. It is precisely because of this special morphology that the material itself has a larger buffer space, which effectively improves the volume expansion problem, and the composite with carbon materials also greatly improves the poor electrical conductivity of the sulfide itself, serious volume expansion, polysulfide dissolution and other problems. When applied in SIBs anode, hierarchical flower SnS2 structure showed excellent specific capacity of 180.8 mA h g−1 after 500 cycles at a high current density of 5 A g−1. This work provides a new route for realizing high-capacity and long-cycle SnS2@C composite in SIBs anode.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52064035), the Key Research and Development Program of Gansu Province (22YF7GA157), and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LGG22E020003).

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    Mingjun Xiao, Yanshuang Meng & Fuliang Zhu

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Du, B., Xiao, M., Meng, Y. et al. Hierarchical flower SnS2/C composites for long-cycle and high-rate sodium ion batteries. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 118 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11893-7

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