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Guiying Tian1,2, Chuanfeng Huang1, Xianlin Luo2, Zijian Zhao1, Yong Peng1, Yuqin Gao1, Na Tang1, Sonia Dsoke2,3.
Abstract
Owing to their high specific capacity and abundant reserve, Cux S compounds are promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Carbon compositing could stabilize the Cux S structure and repress capacity fading during the electrochemical cycling, but the corresponding Li+ storage mechanism and stabilization effect should be further clarified. In this study, nanoscale Cu2 S was synthesized by CuS co-precipitation and thermal reduction with polyelectrolytes. High-temperature synchrotron radiation diffraction was used to monitor the thermal reduction process. During the first cycle, the conversion mechanism upon lithium storage in the Cu2 S/carbon was elucidated by operando synchrotron radiation diffraction and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The N-doped carbon-composited Cu2 S (Cu2 S/C) exhibits an initial discharge capacity of 425 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 , with a higher, long-term capacity of 523 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 200 cycles; in contrast, the bare CuS electrode exhibits 123 mAh g-1 after 200 cycles. Multiple-scan cyclic voltammetry proves that extra Li+ storage can mainly be ascribed to the contribution of the capacitive storage.Entities:
Keywords: capacitive storage; conversion mechanisms; copper sulfide; lithium-ion batteries; synchrotron radiation diffraction
Year: 2021 PMID: 34318954 PMCID: PMC9400886 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101818
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemistry ISSN: 0947-6539 Impact factor: 5.020
Figure 1Schematic illustration of Cu2S/C preparation. SEM images of CuS and SEM image with corresponding EDX elemental mapping of the Cu2S/C (Cu/S/C/N).
Figure 2Rietveld refinement of the structural model based on the XRD patterns of a) CuS and b) Cu2S/C by using MoKα1 radiation (λ=0.70932 Å). c) HT‐SRD of the Cu2S/C precursor and d) the illustration of phase transition by using DESY synchrotron diffraction (λ=0.20737 Å).
Figure 3a) Raman spectra of CuS and Cu2S/C. b) Curve fit with band combination for the first‐order Raman spectrum of the Cu2S/C.
Figure 4CV curves at a scan rate of 0.1 mV s−1 for a) CuS and b) Cu2S/C. GCD profiles at a current density of 0.1 A g−1 for c) CuS and d) Cu2S/C.
Figure 5Operando SRD analysis of the Cu2S/C electrode in LIBs: a) GCD profile of the 1st lithiation at a current density of 50 mA g−1. b) Operando SRD patterns and c)–e) enlarged contour images of selected 2θ regions.
Figure 6a) GCD profile during the 1st lithiation of the Cu2S/C electrode at a current density of 100 mA g−1. b) Corresponding normalized in‐situ XAS spectra at the Cu K‐edge. c) Corresponding Fourier transform of the recorded EXAFS‐spectra. d) Cu‐containing phase compositions at scan16 obtained by linear combination fitting.
Figure 7Schematic diagram of the Cu2S/C phase evolution during the 1st cycle.
Figure 8Electrochemical performance of CuS and Cu2S/C for lithium storage. a) Rate performance at different current densities. b) Cycling performance at current densities of 1.0 and 0.1 A g−1. c) CV curves at different scan rates from 0.25 to 5.00 mV s−1 for the Cu2S/C. d) Log(i) vs. log(v) plots and the fitted results based on CV peak currents for the Cu2S/C.