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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 604, Issue -, Pages 168-177Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.158
Keywords
Hollow porous carbon spheres; Residual oxygen; High initial Coulombic efficiency; Low-potential plateau; Sodium ion batteries
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22075505]
- National Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [U1705252]
- Guangxi Science and Technology Project [AA17204083, AB16380030]
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In this study, mushroom spore-derived hollow porous carbon spheres were developed as anodes for sodium ion batteries, exhibiting high initial Coulombic efficiency and reversible discharge capacity. The unique porous structure, fine structure, and oxygen functional groups of the carbon material were controlled by carbonization temperature, leading to excellent electrochemical performance. The low-cost and high-energy density of these carbon spheres make them advantageous for large-scale storage devices.
It is critical to develop carbon material anodes with high initial Coulombic efficiency and energy density for sodium ion batteries. Herein, a novel mushroom spore with chitin as carbon precursor is first reported for energy storage, and its special porous spherical structure, fine structure and oxygen functional groups can be accurately controlled by carbonization temperature. The hollow porous carbon spheres obtained from mushroom spore at 1400 degrees C have appropriate porous structure, d002 spacing (0.364 nm), 7.12% oxygen content and ultra-low specific surface area of 5.5 m(2) g(-1). It could obtain 81.2% initial Coulombic efficiency and has reversible discharge capacity of 411.1 mA h g(-1), wherein about 75% (308 mA h g(-1)) of its total capacity is derived from low-potential plateau (below 0.1 V Na+/Na), and the capacity is 384.5 mA h g(-1) after 50 cycles. Furthermore, Density functional theory calculation showed that the residual oxygen functional groups (C@O) in carbon materials are beneficial to sodium into graphite-like layers, and graphite-like layers spacing is smaller than the reported unadulterated carbon with 0.37 nm. Therefore, the excellent electrochemical performance and low-cost of natural mushroom spore derived hollow porous carbon spheres provide advantages for sodium ion batteries in large-scale storage devices. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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