Amorphous/crystalline heterostructured indium (III) sulfide/carbon with favorable kinetics and high capacity for lithium storage

Amorphous/crystalline heterostructured indium (III) sulfide/carbon with favorable kinetics and high capacity for lithium storage | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Amorphous/crystalline heterostructured indium (III) sulfide/carbon with favorable kinetics and high capacity for lithium storage Yinghui Xue, Tianjie Xu, Yao Guo, Haixiang Song, Yuhua Wang, Zhanhu Guo, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3766010/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 29 Oct, 2024 Read the published version in Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials → Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Nanostructured metal sulfides (MSs) are considered as prospective anodes for Li ion batteries (LIBs) due to their high specific capacity and abundant raw materials on Earth. Nerveless, the poor conductivity and volume expansion hinder their application. Here, we report the design of carbon coated indium sulfides nanotubes, where MIL-68 (In) metal-organic frameworks (MOF) as a precursor to generate In 2 S 3 /carbon (In 2 S 3 /C) through a solvothermal process. The construction of amorphous/crystalline structure not only combines the advantages of abundant ion channels of amorphous structure, but also has high crystal conductivity and promotes ion transport. The In 2 S 3 /C anode of LIBs exhibits excellent performance of 835 mAh·g − 1 at the current density of 0.5 A·g − 1 after 500 cycles. In 2 S 3 /C also shows outstanding long-term performance with 717 mAh·g − 1 at 2 A·g − 1 . Through the kinetic analysis and ex situ XPS analysis, the lithium storage mechanism is realized. Further density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that In 2 S 3 /C electrodes have low adsorption energies and fast diffusion kinetics. In a word, the MOF-derived In 2 S 3 /C exhibits better electrochemical performances than commercial In 2 S 3 . This research will inspire the exploration of MSs as well as detect potential “diamonds in the rough”. Metal sulfides Metal-organic frameworks Lithium storage Porous structure Amorphous/crystalline Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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