Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 136, Issue -, Pages 355-362Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.080
Keywords
Solvothermal; Stannous sulfide; Multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Hybrids; Lithium-ion battery
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11004089, 11204114]
- basic scientific research business expenses of the central university [lzujbky-2013-185]
- Open Project of Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University [LZUMMM2013013, LZUMMM2014013]
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A hybrid of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) anchored with SnS nanosheets is synthesized through a simple solvothermal method for the first time. Interestingly, SnS can be controllably deposited onto the MWCNTs backbone in the shape of nanosheets or nanoparticles to form two types of SnS/MWCNTs hybrids, SnS NSs/MWCNTs and SnS NPs/MWCNTs. When evaluated as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries, the hybrids exhibit higher lithium storage capacities and better cycling performance compared to pure SnS. It is found that the SnS NSs/MWCNTs hybrid exhibits a large reversible capacity of 620mAhg(-1) at a current of 100mAg(-1) as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries, which is better than SnS NPs/MWCNTs. The improved performance may be attributed to the ultrathin nanosheet subunits possess short distance for Li+ ions diffusion and large electrode-electrolyte contact area for high Li+ ions flux across the interface. It is believed that the structural design of electrodes demonstrated in this work will have important implications on the fabrication of high-performance electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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