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Characterization of Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion Batteries Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques
Published on: November 11, 2013
Flexible SnTe/carbon nanofiber membrane as a free-standing anode for high-performance lithium-ion and sodium-ion
Min Yang1, Wen Zhang1, Die Su1
1National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
Abstract:
Flexible electrode plays a key role in flexible energy storage devices. The SnTe/C nanofibers membrane (SnTe/CNFM) with excellent mechanical flexibility has been successfully synthesized for the first time through electrospinning, and it demonstrates outstanding electrochemical performance as free-standing anode for lithium/sodium-ion batteries. The SnTe/CNFM electrode delivers a discharge capacity of 526.7 mAh g-1 at 1000 mA g-1 after 1000 cycles in lithium-ion half-cells and a discharge capacity of 236.5 mAh g-1 at 500 mA g-1 after 80 cycles in lithium-ion full-cells with a LiFePO4 cathode. Not only that, it shows a discharge capacity of 182.7 mAh g-1 at 200 mA g-1 after 200 cycles in sodium-ion half-cells and a high discharge capacity of 207.0 mAh g-1 at 500 mA g-1 after 50 cycles in sodium-ion full-cells with a Na0.44MnO2 cathode. Moreover, the prepared SnTe/CNFM exhibits good mechanical flexibility. The SnTe/CNFM can still return to its original state without any breakage after bending, curling, folding and kneading. These results indicate that SnTe/CNFM is expected to become one of the promising free-standing anodes for lithium/sodium-ion batteries.
