Bimetallic iron-cobalt disulfide as efficient cathode material for high-performance thermal batteries
摘要
Bimetallic Fe-Co disulfide with single phase generally represents enhanced thermal battery performances. In this work, binary iron-cobalt disulfide (FeCoS2) is synthesized via high-temperature thermal sintering of sulfur and coprecipitated precursor. The as-prepared FeCoS2 possesses nanosized particles with single phase. The uniform distribution of Fe and Co atoms induces strong synergistic effect, significantly improving the thermal stability and electrochemical performances of FeCoS2. At a current density of 100 mA cm-2 and a cut-off voltage of 1.4 V, the discharge capacity of FeCoS2 reaches to 626.3 mAh g-1, which is higher than that of the corresponding mono-disulfides and their physical mixture. These findings indicate that the present FeCoS2 is suitable to be used as cathode material for high-performance thermal battery, which also provides valuable insight for the preparation of multi-metallic disulfides.