Affiliation:
1. School of Chemistry University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
2. Diamond Light Source Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Fermi Ave Didcot OX11 0DE UK
Abstract
Sulfur‐deficient SnS thin films for sodium‐ion battery anode application are prepared using aerosol‐assisted chemical vapor deposition. Growth directly onto the metal foil current collector forms sulfur‐deficient SnS microrod structures via a vapor–liquid–solid growth mechanism, with 92 nm average SnS crystallite size and an 800 nm film thickness. The sulfur deficiency is demonstrated with energy‐dispersive X‐ray analysis, powder X‐ray diffraction, and X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure analyses. This sulfur‐deficient SnS material demonstrates a very high capacity in sodium half cells. The first reduction scan at a specific current of 150 mA g−1 shows a capacity of 1084 mAh g−1. At the 50th cycle the specific capacity is 638 mAh g−1 for reduction and 593 mAh g−1 for oxidation. This capacity is demonstrated for tin sulfide itself without the need for a nanostructured carbon support, unlike previous high capacity SnS anodes in the literature. Both the capacity and ex situ characterization experiments indicate a conversion reaction producing tin, followed by alloying with sodium during reduction, and that both of these processes are reversible during oxidation.
Funder
Diamond Light Source
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献