Preparation and electrochemical sodium storage performance of polypyrrole coated FeCl3-intercalated graphite intercalation compound
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摘要: 以FeCl3和天然鳞片石墨为原料,通过融盐法制得1阶FeCl3插层的石墨层间化合物(FeCl3-GIC)。用原位聚合法对FeCl3-GIC进行聚吡咯(PPy)包覆改性,形成具有核壳结构的(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy复合材料。通过多种表征方法研究聚吡咯包覆前后FeCl3-GIC的表面形貌和微观结构变化。结果表明:聚吡咯均匀致密地包覆在十微米级的FeCl3-GIC颗粒外部,包覆层厚度为35 nm,经过聚吡咯包覆后(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy的导电性能显著提高((FeCl3-GIC)@PPy粉末电阻率2.3×10−3 Ω·cm,FeCl3-GIC粉末电阻率3.1×10−3 Ω·cm)。采用多种电化学测试探究产物的钠离子存储特性,聚吡咯外壳能够显著提高FeCl3-GIC作为钠离子电池负极材料的充放电容量、倍率性能和循环性能。在0.1 A·g−1电流密度下循环100次后,FeCl3-GIC的比容量逐渐衰减到157 mA·h·g−1,而(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy材料的比容量达到281 mA·h·g−1左右且容量基本保持不变;在电流密度1 A·g−1的条件下循环500次后,(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy的比容量仍有181 mA·h·g−1,容量保持率约为89%。Abstract: The 1-stage FeCl3-intercalated graphite intercalation compound (FeCl3-GIC) were prepared by a molten salt method using FeCl3 and natural flake graphite as raw materials. Subsequently, a conductive layer of polypyrrole (PPy) were uniformly coated on the surface of the FeCl3-GIC particles by in-situ polymerization to form a core-shell structured (FeCl3-GIC)@PPy composite material. Various characterization methods were employed to study the surface morphology and microstructure evolution of FeCl3-GIC before and after polypyrrole coating. The results show that a uniform and dense polypyrrole layer with a thickness of 35 nm is tightly coated on the surface of the micro-sized FeCl3-GIC particles. After coating, the conductivity of the (FeCl3-GIC)@PPy composite is significantly improved for the powder resistivity is reduced from 3.1×10−3 Ω·cm of FeCl3-GIC to 2.3×10−3 Ω·cm of (FeCl3-GIC)@PPy. As an anode material for sodium ion storage, it is found that the (FeCl3-GIC)@PPy anode exhibits the improved reversible capacitiy, rate capability and cycling stability compared with the naked FeCl3-GIC anode. Specially, the specific capacity of (FeCl3-GIC)@PPy remains steady with a high sodium storage value of 281 mA·h·g−1 after 100 cycles at the current density of 0.1 A·g−1, while the FeCl3-GIC anode shows a continuous capacity decay with a low value of 157 mA·h·g−1 after 100 cycles. Additionally, even at a high current density of 1.0 A·g−1, the (FeCl3-GIC)@PPy anode delivers a remained sodium storage capacity of 181 mA·h·g−1 after 500 cycles, accompanying with a fascinating capacity retention ratio of 89%.
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Key words:
- polypyrrole /
- graphite intercalation compound /
- ferric chloride /
- sodium ion storage /
- secondary battery
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图 3 FeCl3-GIC、0℃-10 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy和30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy的微观结构示意图 ((a)~(c))、拉曼光谱 (d)、粉末电阻率 (e)、热重曲线 (f)
Figure 3. Schematic diagram of the microstructure ((a)-(c)), Raman spectra (d), powder electronic resistivity (e) and thermogravimetry curves (f) of FeCl3-GIC, 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy and 0℃-10 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy
图 4 (a) 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy电极的循环伏安曲线;(b)恒流充放电曲线;(c) FeCl3−GIC、30℃-6 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy、0℃-10 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy和PPy电极在100 mA·g−1电流密度下的循环性能图;(d) FeCl3−GIC电极循环后FeCl3溶解逃逸示意图;(e) 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy电极循环100次之后的SEM和(f) TEM图片
Figure 4. Cyclic voltagmmograms (a) and galvanostatic discharge/charge profiles (b) of the 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy anode; (c) Comparison of cycle performance of FeCl3−GIC, 0℃-10 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy, 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy and PPy at 100 mA·g−1 for SIBs; (d) FeCl3 dissolution and escape diagram of the FeCl3−GIC anode after cycling several times; SEM (e) and TEM (f) of 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3−GIC)@PPy anode after cycling 100 times
图 5 (a) FeCl3-GIC、0℃-10 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy和30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy电极的倍率性能;(b) FeCl3-GIC、30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy和0℃-10 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy电极的奈奎斯特曲线;(c) 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy外层PPy阻碍溶剂化Na+插层示意图;(d) 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy电极的长循环性能
Figure 5. (a) Rate permance of FeCl3-GIC, 0℃-10 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy and 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy anode; (b) Nyquist plots of FeCl3-GIC, 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy and 0℃-10 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy anode; (c) Schematic diagram of out layer PPy for 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy blocking solvated Na+ intercalating; (d) Long-cycle performance of the 30℃-6 h-(FeCl3-GIC)@PPy anode
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