Issue 17, 2016
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Long cycle life microporous spherical carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries derived from furfuryl alcohol†

Dehua Zhou,ad   Maryam Peer,b   Zhenzhen Yang,a   Vilas G. Pol,c   Fulya Dogan Key,a   Jacob Jorne,d   Henry C. Foleyb  and  Christopher S. Johnson*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Electrochemical Energy Storage Department, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
E-mail: cjohnson@anl.gov

b Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

c School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

d Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA

Abstract

Spherical micron-sized carbon powders were synthesized from feedstock furfuryl alcohol and tested as anodes in sodium ion batteries (SIBs). A long cycle life of 1000 cycles is achievable with this carbon at C rate (3–4 mg cm−2 loading and i = 200 mA g−1) yielding a steady capacity of ca. 115 mA h g−1. The results from solid-state 23Na MAS NMR analyses of cycled electrodes indicate no correlation in voltage profiles with sodium site nature (graphene or nanopores), which is a new observation in SIB carbon anodes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA00242K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jan 2016
Accepted
08 Mar 2016
First published
11 Apr 2016

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016,4, 6271-6275

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Long cycle life microporous spherical carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries derived from furfuryl alcohol

D. Zhou, M. Peer, Z. Yang, V. G. Pol, F. D. Key, J. Jorne, H. C. Foley and C. S. Johnson, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 6271 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA00242K

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