Nitrogen doped hollow porous carbon fibers derived from polyacrylonitrile for Li-S batteries

NIU Jing-yi; JING De-qi; ZHANG Xing-hua; SU Wei-guo; ZHANG Shou-chun

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60615-2

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NIU Jing-yi, JING De-qi, ZHANG Xing-hua, SU Wei-guo, ZHANG Shou-chun. Nitrogen doped hollow porous carbon fibers derived from polyacrylonitrile for Li-S batteries. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(1): 143-153. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60615-2

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NIU Jing-yi, JING De-qi, ZHANG Xing-hua, SU Wei-guo, ZHANG Shou-chun. Nitrogen doped hollow porous carbon fibers derived from polyacrylonitrile for Li-S batteries. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(1): 143-153. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60615-2

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Nitrogen doped hollow porous carbon fibers derived from polyacrylonitrile for Li-S batteries

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60615-2

NIU Jing-yi^{1, 2, 4
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JING De-qi^{1, 4},
ZHANG Xing-hua^{1, 4},
SU Wei-guo³,
ZHANG Shou-chun^{1, 2, 4
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CAS Key Laboratory for Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vessel Integrated Power System, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China
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National Engineering Laboratory for Carbon Fiber Technology, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China

Funds: This work was supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Shanxi Province (202003D111002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51903249), the Innovation Fund Project of Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCJC-XCL-2022-12) and Major Science and Technology Special Plan of Shanxi Province (202101040201003)

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牛静宜，硕士生. E-mail：niujingyii@163.com
Corresponding author: ZHANG Shou-chun, Professor. E-mail: zschun@sxicc.ac.cn
Received Date: 2022-04-06
Rev Recd Date: 2022-05-10

Available Online: 2022-05-17

Publish Date: 2023-01-06

Abstract

Abstract

Hollow porous carbon fibers for Li-S battery electrodes were prepared by the KOH activation of carbon prepared from hollow polyacrylonitrile fibers. The fibers had a high specific surface area of 2 491 m²·g⁻¹, a large pore volume of 1.22 cm³·g⁻¹ and an initial specific capacity of 330 mAh·g⁻¹ at a current density of 1 C. To improve their electrochemical performance, the fibers were modified by treatment with hydrazine hydrate to prepare nitrogen-doped hollow porous carbon fibers with a specific surface area of 1 690 m²·g⁻¹, a pore volume of 0.84 cm³·g⁻¹ and a high nitrogen content of 8.81 at%. Because of the increased polarity and adsorption capacity produced by the nitrogen doping, the initial specific capacity of the fibers was increased to 420 mAh·g⁻¹ at a current density of 1 C.
- Hollow-shaped carbon fibers,
- Activation,
- Modification,
- Li-S batteries

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