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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 620, Issue -, Pages 308-314Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.150
Keywords
Tin antimony; Carbon coating; Electrospinning; Reticular hybrid nanofibers; Cycling performance
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51006046]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [KLTST201401]
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Carbon coating and carbon nanofiber processes were used to enhance the cycling performance of SnSb alloys. Carbon-coated SnSb alloys were firstly prepared by a simple hydrothermal method to build the first protection, and then carbon-coated SnSb nanoparticles were embedded in carbon nanofibers via single-spinneret electrospinning followed by carbonization. The crystal structure of carbon-coated SnSb/C hybrid nanofibers was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphologies of carbon-coated SnSb alloys and hybrid nanofibers were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. The thermal stability of hybrid nanofibers were determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The electrochemical properties were investigated as a potential high-capacity anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The results showed that the hybrid nanofibers exhibited excellent electrochemical performance due to the special structure. The carbon shell can effectively hinder the agglomeration of SnSb alloys, while maintaining electronic conduction as well as accommodating drastic volume changes during lithium insertion and extraction and carbon nanofibers formed a further protection. The resultant carbon-coated SnSb nanoparticles dispersed in carbon nanofibers deliver a high capacity of 674 mA h g (1) and a good capacity retention of 68.7% after 50 cycles. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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