Issue 28, 2022

Building a flexible and applicable sodium ion full battery based on self-supporting large-scale CNT films intertwined with ultra-long cycling NiCo2S4

Abstract

The major difficulties for the development of flexible energy storage batteries lie in the scalable manufacture of high-performance flexible electrodes with bending tolerance. In the present study, large-scale CNT films are prepared by a continuous production method and used to fabricate a self-supported flexible high-capacity conversion anode with ultra-long cycling life by the in situ growth of NiCo2S4 nanosheets tightly anchored on the CNTs. The CNTs produced via such a scalable method have interconnected porous channels, providing a large contact area between the active materials and electrolyte facilitating the electrochemical conversion reaction of NiCo2S4. An ultra-high rate capability is achieved in terms of a capacity of 280 mA h g−1 at 20 A g−1. The interlaced construction of NiCo2S4 nanosheets with CNTs and firm anchoring on the CNT film result in a remarkable ultra-long cyclability of the NiCo2S4/CNT electrode with a capacity retention rate of 96% after 7500 cycles. A flexible full battery device is further established with the NiCo2S4/CNT anode and Na3V2(PO4)3/CNT cathode with the sealed package of PDMS, exhibiting good cycling stability and mechanical durability under different bending states. The present work highlights a scalable flexible battery electrode material, and demonstrates its potential applications in flexible Na-ion batteries.

Graphical abstract: Building a flexible and applicable sodium ion full battery based on self-supporting large-scale CNT films intertwined with ultra-long cycling NiCo2S4

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Apr 2022
Accepted
23 Jun 2022
First published
24 Jun 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 10226-10235

Building a flexible and applicable sodium ion full battery based on self-supporting large-scale CNT films intertwined with ultra-long cycling NiCo2S4

T. Li, Y. Xia, H. Wu, D. Zhang and F. Xu, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 10226 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR02232J

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