Promoting the Na+-storage of NiCo2S4 hollow nanospheres by surfacing Ni-B nanoflakes

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2020.12.021

Abstract

Abstract:

Sodium ion battery (SIB) is considered as the potential alternative for next generation energy system to succeed the lithium ion battery (LIB) due to the low price and vast abundance of Na resource. Ternary metal sulfide is identified as an important redox conversion type of negative electrode for SIB. In this study, amorphous nickel boride (Ni-B) nanoflakes are introduced into the hollow Ni-Co sulfide nanospheres by a facile in situ solution growth route to promote the electrochemical performance of Na⁺-storage. Electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the Ni-B component could effectively improve the redox kinetics of the conversion reaction and structural stability during long-term Na⁺ insertion/extraction. For example, the NiCo₂S₄@Ni-B composites display a high reversible capacity of 251.9 mA h g^-1 at the current density of 1.0 A g^-1 after 200 cycles, much higher than that of bare NiCo₂S₄ (37.4 mA h g^-1 at 1.0 A g^-1 after 200 cycles). As a consequence, these results demonstrate a new sight to explore heterostructures of mixed metal-sulfides electrode materials with superior Na⁺-storage performances.

Key words: Surface growth, Ternary metal sulfides, Redox kinetics, Sodium ion battery

Jingfa Li, Jian Zhou, Qihao Zhou, Xin Wang, Cong Guo, Min Li. Promoting the Na⁺-storage of NiCo₂S₄ hollow nanospheres by surfacing Ni-B nanoflakes[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2021, 82: 114-121.

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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the formation of NiCo2S4 @Ni-B composites.

Fig. 2. XRD patterns of NiCo2S4 and NiCo2S4@Ni-B samples.

Fig. 3. Structure investigation of NiCo2S4 sample. (a-c) FESEM images with different magnifications. (d-g) TEM and high resolution TEM images. (h-k) STEM-EDX elemental mappings showing the uniform spatial distribution of (i) Ni, (j) Co, and (k) S.

Fig. 4. Structure investigation of NiCo2S4@Ni-B sample. (a-b) FESEM images with different magnification. (c-e) TEM and high resolution TEM images. (f-i) STEM-EDX elemental mappings showing the uniform spatial distribution of (f) Ni, (g) Co, (k) S and (i) B elements.

Fig. 5. XPS spectra: (a) Survey spectrum, (b) Ni 2p, (c) Co 2p, and (d) B 1 s for NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites.

Fig. 6. Electrochemical performances for SIBs in the voltage range of 0.01 to 3.0 V. (a) CV curves of NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites at a sweep rate of 0.1 mV s-1. Selected discharge-charge curves of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 20th, and 30th cycles at 500 mA g-1 of (b) NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites and (c) bare NiCo2S4 hollow nanospheres. (d) Cycling performance of NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites and bare NiCo2S4 hollow nanospheres at 500 mA g-1.

Fig. 7. Electrochemical performances for SIBs in the voltage range of 0.6 to 3.0 V. (a) CV curves of NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites at a sweep rate of 0.1 mV s-1. Selected discharge-charge curves of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 20th, and 30th cycles at 500 mA g-1 of (b) NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites and (c) bare NiCo2S4 hollow microspheres. (d) Cycling performance of NiCo2S4@Ni-B composites and bare NiCo2S4 hollow microspheres at 500 mA g-1. (e) Long-term stabilities of these two samples at 1.0 A g-1.

Fig. 8. (a) Rate performances in the potential window of 0.6-3.0 V and (b) electrochemical impedance spectrum (EIS) of the NiCo2S4@Ni-B and NiCo2S4 electrodes (Rs: electric resistance, Rct: charge transfer resistance at the surface of electroactive materials, CPEct: capacitance, and W: Warburg impedance). (c) CV curves of the NiCo2S4@Ni-B electrode at different scan rates and (d) b-value analysis using the relationship between the cathodic and anodic peak currents, and sweep rates ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 mV s-1. (e) Separation of the capacitive and diffusion-controlled current contribution at 0.5 mV s-1. (f) Contribution ratio of the capacitive and diffusion-controlled charges at different scan rates.

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