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Sun C, Fang S, Zhao K, Zhang H, Qi L, Qin Y, Bao H. An innovative double-Shell layer nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon-Encapsulated FeS composite for enhanced lithium-Ion battery performance. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 678:436-446. [PMID: 39213996 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.08.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2024] [Revised: 08/18/2024] [Accepted: 08/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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FeS, with its high theoretical capacity and natural abundance, holds significant promise as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, its practical application is constrained by poor electrical conductivity and substantial volume expansion during cycling, which impair charge-discharge efficiency and cycling stability. To overcome these challenges, we developed a nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon-encapsulated FeS composite with a hollow double-layer structure (HDL-FeS@NSC). Utilizing sulfur spheres as a sacrificial template, our inside-out synthesis strategy produces a unique material design. The HDL-FeS@NSC composite exhibits significant improvements in electrochemical performance compared to pure FeS. These enhancements are due to its increased specific surface area, which facilitates lithium-ion diffusion; a shortened Li+ diffusion pathway; structural stability that mitigates volume expansion; and an optimized carbon layer that boosts conductivity. The HDL-FeS@NSC-70 anode demonstrates a specific capacity of 879.6 mAh/g after 600 cycles at 1.0 A/g and retains 558.0 mAh/g at 5.0 A/g. Additionally, the lithium storage mechanism has been thoroughly investigated using in-situ techniques. These results suggest that the HDL-FeS@NSC composite anode has the potential to significantly enhance lithium-ion battery performance, offering a promising solution for next-generation energy storage systems.
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- Chenxu Sun
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- Patent Examination Cooperation Hubei Center of the Patent Office, CNIPA, Wuhan 430075, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China.
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Farhan A, Qayyum W, Fatima U, Nawaz S, Balčiūnaitė A, Kim TH, Srivastava V, Vakros J, Frontistis Z, Boczkaj G. Powering the Future by Iron Sulfide Type Material (Fe xS y) Based Electrochemical Materials for Water Splitting and Energy Storage Applications: A Review. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2402015. [PMID: 38597684 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Water electrolysis is among the recent alternatives for generating clean fuels (hydrogen). It is an efficient way to produce pure hydrogen at a rapid pace with no unwanted by-products. Effective and cheap water-splitting electrocatalysts with enhanced activity, specificity, and stability are currently widely studied. In this regard, noble metal-free transition metal-based catalysts are of high interest. Iron sulfide (FeS) is one of the essential electrocatalysts for water splitting because of its unique structural and electrochemical features. This article discusses the significance of FeS and its nanocomposites as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and overall water splitting. FeS and its nanocomposites have been studied also for energy storage in the form of electrode materials in supercapacitors and lithium- (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). The structural and electrochemical characteristics of FeS and its nanocomposites, as well as the synthesis processes, are discussed in this work. This discussion correlates these features with the requirements for electrocatalysts in overall water splitting and its associated reactions. As a result, this study provides a road map for researchers seeking economically viable, environmentally friendly, and efficient electrochemical materials in the fields of green energy production and storage.
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- Ahmad Farhan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Catalysis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio av. 3, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Catalysis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio av. 3, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia
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- Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, FI-90014, Finland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Caratheodory 1, University Campus, Patras, GR 265 04, Greece
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, GR-50132, Greece
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- Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Gdańsk, 80-233, Poland
- EkoTech Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza St. 11/12, Gdansk, 80-233, Poland
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Bahadur R, Jason J I, Sakamoto Y, Chang S, Yu X, Breese MB, Bhargava SK, Lee JM, Panigrahi P, Vinu A. Nanohybrids of BCN-Fe 1-xS for Sodium and Lithium Hybrid Ion Capacitors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2311945. [PMID: 38196051 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Hybrid ion capacitors (HIC) are receiving a lot of attention due to their potential to achieve high energy and power densities, but they remain insufficient. It is imperative to explore outstanding and environmentally benign electrode materials to achieve high-performing HIC systems. Here, a unique boron carbon nitride (BCN)-based HIC system that comprises a microporous BCN structure and Fe1-xS nanoparticle incorporated BCN nanosheets (BNF) as cathode and anode, respectively is reported. The BNF is prepared through a facile one-pot calcination process using dithiooxamide (DTO), boric acid, and iron source. In situ, crystal growth of Fe1-xS facilitates the formation of BCN structure through the creation of holes/defects in the polymeric structure. The first principle density functional (DFT) theory simulations demonstrate the structural and electronic properties of the hybrid of BCN and Fe1-xS as compelling anode materials for HIC applications. The DFT calculations reveal that both BCN and BNF structures have excellent metallic characters with Li+ storage capacities of 128.4 and 1021.38 mAh g-1 respectively. These findings are confirmed experimentally where the BCN-based HIC system delivers exceptional energy and power densities of 267.5 Wh kg-1/749.5 W kg-1 toward Li+ storage, which outweighs previous HIC performances and demonstrates favorable performance for Li+ and Na+ storages.
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- Rohan Bahadur
- College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy and Nano Convergence, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, 603103, India
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117603, Singapore
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- Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117603, Singapore
- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy and Nano Convergence, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, 603103, India
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- College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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Song P, Yang J, Wang C, Wang T, Gao H, Wang G, Li J. Interface Engineering of Fe 7S 8/FeS 2 Heterostructure in situ Encapsulated into Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for High Power Sodium-Ion Batteries. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:118. [PMID: 37121953 PMCID: PMC10149539 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01082-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Heterostructure engineering combined with carbonaceous materials shows great promise toward promoting sluggish kinetics, improving electronic conductivity, and mitigating the huge expansion of transition metal sulfide electrodes for high-performance sodium storage. Herein, the iron sulfide-based heterostructures in situ hybridized with nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Fe7S8/FeS2/NCNT) have been prepared through a successive pyrolysis and sulfidation approach. The Fe7S8/FeS2/NCNT heterostructure delivered a high reversible capacity of 403.2 mAh g-1 up to 100 cycles at 1.0 A g-1 and superior rate capability (273.4 mAh g-1 at 20.0 A g-1) in ester-based electrolyte. Meanwhile, the electrodes also demonstrated long-term cycling stability (466.7 mAh g-1 after 1,000 cycles at 5.0 A g-1) and outstanding rate capability (536.5 mAh g-1 at 20.0 A g-1) in ether-based electrolyte. This outstanding performance could be mainly attributed to the fast sodium-ion diffusion kinetics, high capacitive contribution, and convenient interfacial dynamics in ether-based electrolyte.
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- Penghao Song
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 180 Si-Wang-Ting Road, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 180 Si-Wang-Ting Road, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 180 Si-Wang-Ting Road, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 180 Si-Wang-Ting Road, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 180 Si-Wang-Ting Road, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Xie P, Wang X, Qian Z, Liu T, Yu J, Zhang L. In-situ synthesis of FeS/N, S co-doped carbon composite with electrolyte-electrode synergy for rapid sodium storage. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 640:791-800. [PMID: 36898183 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.02.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Pyrrhotite (FeS) is extensively investigated as the anode for low-cost sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their natural abundance and high theoretical capacity. However, it suffers from significant volume expansion and poor conductivity. These problems can be alleviated by promoting sodium-ion transport and introducing carbonaceous materials. Here, FeS decorated on N, S co-doped carbon (FeS/NC) is constructed through a facile and scalable strategy, which is the best of both worlds. Moreover, to give full play to the role of the optimized electrode, ether-based and ester-based electrolytes are used for matching. Reassuringly, the FeS/NC composite displays a reversible specific capacity of 387 mAh g-1 after 1000 cycles at 5A g-1 in dimethyl ether electrolyte. The even distribution of FeS nanoparticles on the ordered framework of carbon guarantees a fast electron/Na-ion transport channel, and the reaction kinetics can be further accelerated in the dimethyl ether (DME) electrolyte, ensuring the excellent rate capability and cycling performance of FeS/NC electrodes for sodium-ion storage. This finding not only provides a reference for the introduction of carbon via in-situ growth protocol, but also demonstrates the necessity for electrolyte-electrode synergy in realizing efficient sodium-ion storage.
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- Ping Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, PR China
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, PR China; Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, PR China; Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, PR China.
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, PR China.
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Zhan G, Yan R, Liao W, Hu Q, Huang X. A facile precursor route towards the synthesis of Fe 1-xS@NC-rGO composite anode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:1711-1719. [PMID: 36651816 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03883h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Iron-based sulfides are considered promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their low cost and high theoretical specific capacities. However, low conductivity and dissolution of lithium polysulfides during the reaction hamper their practical applications. Herein, we firstly synthesized N-doped carbon-coated Fe1-xS (Fe1-xS@NC) sheets through vacuum pyrolysis of the precursor Fe1-xS(en)0.5 (en = ethylenediamine). Then Fe1-xS@NC-rGO composites (rGO = reduced graphene oxide) were prepared in which the Fe1-xS@NC sheets were anchored on the rGO. The performance of the composites as an anode material for LIBs has been investigated. It is found that coating N-doped C on Fe1-xS surfaces can improve the surface conductivity and electrochemical kinetics of Fe1-xS, which is beneficial for the conversion between lithium polysulfides and Fe1-xS. In addition, the coated N-doped C on the Fe1-xS sheets can serve as a barrier to direct contact between the electrolyte and the material, reducing the dissolution of polysulfides and preventing the loss of active ingredients. More importantly, the double protection of the N-doped C layer and the flexible rGO substrate minimizes the structural damage caused by the cyclic expansion of Fe1-xS@NC-rGO. As expected, Fe1-xS@NC-rGO exhibits good rate performance with a reversible capacity of 939.5 mA h g-1 after 1690 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A g-1, along with outstanding charge and discharge performance and excellent long-term cycling stability. This work shows that the introduction of NC coating and the rGO matrix into Fe1-xS would synergistically enhance the performance of Fe1-xS for LIBs and highlights the effectiveness of the synthetic strategy for double carbon-based materials-protected sulfides in developing superior LIB electrodes.
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- Guanghao Zhan
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, PR. China.,State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China. .,College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China. .,College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
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The construction of scale-like Fe7S8/C composite nanotubes and their electrochemical properties. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2023.123914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Chemical blowing strategy synthesis of nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon from coal tar pitch for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-022-02609-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gao L, Wang J, Wang W, Woo Joo S, Huang J. NiSe2/CoSe2 nanoparticles anchored on nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets: toward high performance anode for Na-ion battery. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.117013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhou Y, Liu K, Sun X, Zhang N, Liu W, Yang Z, Tao K, Sun J. One-step synthesis of FeS nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped porous carbon for improved lithium storage properties. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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