Nanocrystalline SnS2 coated onto reduced graphene oxide: demonstrating the feasibility of a non-graphitic anode with sulfide chemistry for potassium-ion batteries

V Lakshmi; Ying Chen; Alexey A Mikhaylov; Alexander G Medvedev; Irin Sultana; Md Mokhlesur Rahman; Ovadia Lev; Petr V Prikhodchenko; Alexey M Glushenkov

doi:10.1039/c7cc03998k

Nanocrystalline SnS₂ coated onto reduced graphene oxide: demonstrating the feasibility of a non-graphitic anode with sulfide chemistry for potassium-ion batteries

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jul 20;53(59):8272-8275. doi: 10.1039/c7cc03998k.

Authors

V Lakshmi¹, Ying Chen¹, Alexey A Mikhaylov², Alexander G Medvedev², Irin Sultana¹, Md Mokhlesur Rahman¹, Ovadia Lev³, Petr V Prikhodchenko², Alexey M Glushenkov¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia. alexey.glushenkov@deakin.edu.au.
² Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prosp. 31, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation. prikhman@gmail.com.
³ The Casali Center of Applied Chemistry, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.

PMID: 28657100
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03998k

Abstract

An anode material incorporating a sulfide is reported. SnS₂ nanoparticles anchored onto reduced graphene oxide are produced via a chemical route and demonstrate an impressive capacity of 350 mA h g^-1, exceeding the capacity of graphite. These results open the door for a new class of high capacity anode materials (based on sulfide chemistry) for potassium-ion batteries.