Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 315, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.005
Keywords
N-doped carbon nanofibers; Open channels; Waste poly(vinyl butyral); Lithium-ion batteries; Recycling
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)-Ministry of Science
- ICT and Future Planning [2016R1A2B2012728, 2016M3A7B4909318]
- International Scientific Partnership Program ISPP at King Saud University [ISPP# 0076]
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Increasing porosity and nitrogen doping are the most effective strategies for enhancing lithium storage in carbon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In this study, we prepare nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers with open channels (N-CNFO) using a simple electrospinning method with subsequent twostep carbonization using polyacrylonitrile, waste poly(vinyl butyral) (W-PVB), and urea. The W-PVB induce open channels including pores of various sizes, and the urea increase the nitrogen content of the carbon fibers. N-CNFO exhibit excellent electrochemical properties as an anode material for LIBs, including high reversible capacity (734 mA h g(-1) at 0.2 C), superior rate capability (388 and 358 mA h g(-1) at 3 C and 5 C, respectively), and excellent cycling performance (330 mA h g(-1) at 1 C after 500 cycles). These properties are imparted to the material owing to the high electrical conductivity of the web structure, the increased number of active sites derived from the opeh channel structure, and the high nitrogen content, specifically that of N-5 species. This facile synthesis using a waste resource may offer a new direction for the design of superior carbon-based anode materials for high-energy LIBs. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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