Bioinspired controlled synthesis of NiSe/Ni2P nanoparticles decorated 3D porous carbon for Li/Na ion batteries

Jun Yang, Nan Yang, Qian Xu, Low Sijia Pearlie, Yizhou Zhang, Ying Hong, Qian Wang, Wenjun Wang, Qingyu Yan, Xiaochen Dong*

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Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon-encapsulated NiSe/Ni2P nanoparticles (NiSe/Ni2P/C) are synthesized via using the elastin-like polypeptides with hexahistidine tag (ELP16-His) followed by the selenization process and annealing treatment. The biochemistry-derived NiSe/Ni2P nanoparticles (∼8 nm) have large specific surface area and are homogeneously dispersed in the 3D porous carbon matrix. It is found that the crystalline structure and morphologies of the product could be controlled with ELP16-His. As anodes in the application of lithium ion batteries (LIBs), the NiSe/Ni2P/C presents high reversible capacities (911.3 mA h g-1 at 100th cycle, 100 mA g-1) and excellent rates behavior (220.7 mA h g-1 at 10 A g-1). In addition, high specific capacities of 353.6 mA h g-1 (100th cycle, 100 mA g-1) also can be achieved by NiSe/Ni2P/C in sodium ion batteries (SIBs).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13217-13225
Number of pages9
JournalACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Volume7
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 5 2019
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Keywords

  • 3D porous carbon
  • Anode active materials
  • Batteries
  • Elastin-like polypeptides
  • NiSe/NiP nanoparticles

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