TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiroom-structured multicomponent metal selenide-graphitic carbon-carbon nanotube hybrid microspheres as efficient anode materials for sodium-ion batteries
AU - Park, Gi Dae
AU - Kang, Yun Chan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2017R1A2B2008592).
PY - 2018/5/7
Y1 - 2018/5/7
N2 - Novel three-dimensional (3D) multiroom-structured multicomponent metal (NiFe) selenide-graphitic carbon (GC)-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid microspheres were prepared by spray pyrolysis and a subsequent selenization process. Phase segregation and the decomposition of dextrin resulted in multiroom-structured microspheres with uniformly distributed empty nanovoids in the spray pyrolysis process. Metal nanocrystals of iron and nickel components that formed as intermediate products during the selenization process transformed amorphous carbon into GC by acting as nanocatalysts. GC layers surrounding (NiFe)Sex nanocrystals and CNTs uniformly skeletonized in multiroom-structured microspheres improved the electrical conductivity and structural stability. Due to the synergistic effect of the unique structure and conductivity of the carbon components, the multiroom-structured (NiFe)Sex-GC-CNT hybrid microsphere showed excellent cycling and rate performance for sodium-ion storage. The discharge capacities of (NiFe)Sex-GC, (NiFe)Sex-CNT, and (NiFe)Sex-GC-CNT for the 100th cycle at a current density of 0.3 A g-1 were 369, 284, and 455 mA h g-1, respectively, and the respective capacity retentions measured from the second cycle were 74.1, 56.1, and 92.2%.
AB - Novel three-dimensional (3D) multiroom-structured multicomponent metal (NiFe) selenide-graphitic carbon (GC)-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid microspheres were prepared by spray pyrolysis and a subsequent selenization process. Phase segregation and the decomposition of dextrin resulted in multiroom-structured microspheres with uniformly distributed empty nanovoids in the spray pyrolysis process. Metal nanocrystals of iron and nickel components that formed as intermediate products during the selenization process transformed amorphous carbon into GC by acting as nanocatalysts. GC layers surrounding (NiFe)Sex nanocrystals and CNTs uniformly skeletonized in multiroom-structured microspheres improved the electrical conductivity and structural stability. Due to the synergistic effect of the unique structure and conductivity of the carbon components, the multiroom-structured (NiFe)Sex-GC-CNT hybrid microsphere showed excellent cycling and rate performance for sodium-ion storage. The discharge capacities of (NiFe)Sex-GC, (NiFe)Sex-CNT, and (NiFe)Sex-GC-CNT for the 100th cycle at a current density of 0.3 A g-1 were 369, 284, and 455 mA h g-1, respectively, and the respective capacity retentions measured from the second cycle were 74.1, 56.1, and 92.2%.
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U2 - 10.1039/c8nr02119h
DO - 10.1039/c8nr02119h
M3 - Article
C2 - 29671459
AN - SCOPUS:85046696560
VL - 10
SP - 8125
EP - 8132
JO - Nanoscale
JF - Nanoscale
SN - 2040-3364
IS - 17
ER -