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Ultrasound sonochemical synthesis of amorphous Sb2S3-graphene composites for sodium-ion batteries

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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 586, Issue -, Pages 404-411

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.104

Keywords

Sonochemical synthesis; Amorphous; Antimony trisulfide; Sodium-ion batteries

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51801104]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK20170726]
  3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M632284]
  4. Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang province [LY18E020003]
  5. Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities, Nanjing Agricultural University [KJQN201945]

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Ultrasound sonochemical synthesis can create extreme reaction conditions and fabricate nanostructured materials with unique properties. An amorphous Sb2S3-graphene composite synthesized by this method exhibited superior electrochemical performance in sodium-ion batteries, delivering high reversible capacity after cycling.
Different from traditional methods, ultrasound sonochemical synthesis can create very special reaction conditions by virtue of the effects of acoustic cavitation. The localized spots in the medium liquids can reach the temperature of similar to 5000 K, and the pressure of similar to 1000 bar with the treatment of ultrasonic irradiation. The extreme conditions make it possible to fabricate a series of nanostructured materials with peculiar properties. Herein, we successfully prepared a unique amorphous composite of Sb2S3 graphene via sonochemical method at room temperature. Thanks to the opening frame of ion diffusion channels and higher reversibility in thermodynamics, the amorphous composite displayed superior electrochemical properties in comparison with the crystalline counterpart for sodium-ion batteries. Specifically, the amorphous Sb2S3-graphene composite delivered a first discharge capacity of 1867.1 mAh g(-1) and a high reversible capacity of over 880 mAh g(-1) after 50 cycles. The nanostructured materials synthesized by ultrasound sonochemical method with unique properties have well prospect in the field of energy storage. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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