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Cu3Ge coated by nitrogen-doped carbon nanorods as advanced sodium-ion battery anodes

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The sodium storage performance of Ge-based materials suffers from poor cycling stability caused by the volume variation and collapse of the structure during cycling process. In this work, Cu3Ge coated by nitrogen-doped carbon (Cu3Ge-NC) nanorods are prepared by annealing the mixture of CuGeO3 nanowires and polyacrylonitrile which acts as nitrogen and carbon source. As anode materials for sodium ion batteries, the outside carbon shell inhibits the serious volume change caused by Na+ insertion/extraction, and the Cu3Ge alloy enhances the sodiation capacity with rapid electron transfer and fast reaction kinetics. Corresponding kinetic analysis indicates pseudocapacitive behaviors play a dominant role in the total capacity at high rates. Hence, the Cu3Ge-NC exhibits favorable rate capability and cycling stability, which delivers a reversible capacity of 160 mAh g−1 for 500 cycles at a current density of 100 mA g−1.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China Program (No. 51602111), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2018A030313739), Cultivation project of National Engineering Technology Center (2017B090903008), Xijiang R&D Team (X.W.), Guangdong Provincial Grant (2017A050506009), Special Fund Project of Science and Technology Application in Guangdong (2017B020240002) and 111 projects.

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    Le Hu, Chaoqun Shang, Lanyan Huang, Xin Wang & Guofu Zhou

  2. International Academy of Optoelectronics at Zhaoqing, South China Normal University, Zhaoqing, 526060, China

    Xin Wang & Guofu Zhou

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Hu, L., Shang, C., Huang, L. et al. Cu3Ge coated by nitrogen-doped carbon nanorods as advanced sodium-ion battery anodes. Ionics 26, 719–726 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03230-y

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