Electrochemical Reduction of Solid Antimony Sulfide/Carbon Nanotubes to Antimony/Carbon Nanotubes Composite as an Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Using Deep Eutectic Solvent
摘要
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are usually considered as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to the abundant resources of sodium. Antimony has been widely used for SIBs anodes because of its high capacity, which often suffers the issue of unstable structure, leading to a poor performance and unstable solid electrolyte interface (SEI). In order to improve the stability of anodes, the electrochemical reduction of solid antimony sulfide/carbon nanotubes (Sb2S3/CNTs) to a antimony/carbon nanotubes (Sb/CNTs) composite used as an anode for SIBs using deep eutectic solvent is reported for the first time. The electrolytic Sb particles will be wrapped by the CNTs after the electrochemical desulfurization approach, resulting in an improvement of the stability of the electrolytic products used for anodes. The electrolytic Sb/0.5CNTs anode exhibits a high specific capacity of 612.3 mAh g−1 after 200 cycles at a current density of 0.1 A g−1, and a high specific capacity of 480.9 mAh g−1 after 150 cycles at a current density of 0.5 A g−1. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the direct electrochemical desulfurization strategy from solid sulfides and provide a novel route for producing SIBs anodes.