Issue 17, 2017

Facile synthesis of Co9S8 nanosheets for lithium ion batteries with enhanced rate capability and cycling stability

Abstract

Two-dimensional Co9S8 nanosheets with a thickness of ∼10 nm and lateral size of several hundred nanometers are facilely synthesized through a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-assisted precipitation process in an aqueous solution. The process has low energy consumption and is easy to scale-up. Compared to the Co9S8 nanoparticles with a diameter of 40 nm prepared through the same process without PVA, the Co9S8 nanosheets, employed as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries, exhibited enhanced rate capability and cycling stability due to their unique two-dimensional nanostructures. When discharging/charging at 1.0 A g−1, the Co9S8 nanosheets can deliver a reversible capacity as high as 746.8 mA h g−1 after 300 cycles, which is much higher than that of Co9S8 nanoparticles (63.6 mA h g−1), making the Co9S8 nanosheets promising candidates for anode materials in high-energy and high-power lithium ion batteries.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of Co9S8 nanosheets for lithium ion batteries with enhanced rate capability and cycling stability

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 May 2017
Accepted
13 Jul 2017
First published
14 Jul 2017

New J. Chem., 2017,41, 9184-9191

Facile synthesis of Co9S8 nanosheets for lithium ion batteries with enhanced rate capability and cycling stability

P. Long, Z. Zhang, G. Peng, Q. Zhang, D. Liu, X. Xu and X. Yao, New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 9184 DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ01871A

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