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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy Storage

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  • Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are explored as sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to sodium's abundance and low cost.
  • Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a common anode material for SIBs but suffers from poor conductivity and low surface area.
  • Effective nanostructural design of anode materials is critical for enhancing SIB performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an advanced anode material for high-performance sodium-ion batteries.
  • To overcome the limitations of pure TiO2, such as low conductivity and specific surface area.
  • To create a composite material combining mesoporous TiO2 with a conductive polypyrrole coating.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of mesoporous TiO2 microspheres using solvent evaporation-induced self-assembly.
  • Coating the mesoporous TiO2 with an ultrathin layer of polypyrrole (PPy) via chemical oxidative polymerization.
  • Characterization of the resulting meso-TiO2@PPy core-shell structure and evaluation of its electrochemical performance in SIBs.

Main Results:

  • The synthesized meso-TiO2@PPy exhibits a high specific surface area and excellent conductivity.
  • The composite anode demonstrates a dominant pseudocapacitive charge storage (94%).
  • Achieved a high reversible capacity of 160.6 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1, with good rate capability and 80.8% capacity retention after 2000 cycles.

Conclusions:

  • The developed ultrathin polypyrrole-coated mesoporous TiO2 microsphere structure significantly enhances SIB anode performance.
  • This nanostructural design strategy provides abundant sodium-ion diffusion pathways and improves charge transport.
  • The findings offer a promising route for designing advanced composite anode materials for next-generation high-performance SIBs.