Issue 29, 2015

Nanomeshes of highly crystalline nitrogen-doped carbon encapsulated Fe/Fe3C electrodes as ultrafast and stable anodes for Li-ion batteries

Abstract

Fe/Fe3C homogeneously dispersed in 2D porous nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon nanomeshes (N-Fe/Fe3C@C nanomeshes) was prepared by a novel template-free method using the polypyrrole–Fe (PPy–Fe) coordination complex as a precursor. The designed architecture is beneficial to electron transport and accommodation of the strains of Li insertion/extraction. As an anode material for Li-ion batteries, the as-prepared composite exhibits a reversible capacity of 1316 mA h g−1 (normalized to the mass of Fe/Fe3C in the composite) with extremely excellent cycling performance at high rate (nearly 100% capacity retention after 500 cycles) and good rate capability. The synthesis approach presents a promising route for a large-scale production of N-Fe/Fe3C@C nanomesh composites as an extremely durable high-rate anode material for Li-ion batteries.

Graphical abstract: Nanomeshes of highly crystalline nitrogen-doped carbon encapsulated Fe/Fe3C electrodes as ultrafast and stable anodes for Li-ion batteries

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 May 2015
Accepted
16 Jun 2015
First published
22 Jun 2015

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 15008-15014

Author version available

Nanomeshes of highly crystalline nitrogen-doped carbon encapsulated Fe/Fe3C electrodes as ultrafast and stable anodes for Li-ion batteries

J. Zhou, T. Qian, T. Yang, M. Wang, J. Guo and C. Yan, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 15008 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA03312H

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