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FeS2 encapsulated with mesoporous carbon for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

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FeS2 is thought to be a kind of promising anode materials used for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but the intrinsic low electrical conductivity and remarkable volume change hinder its practical application. In the present work, we proposed a strategy by introducing mesoporous carbon (MPC) to obtain a FeS2/MPC composite electrode for LIBs. The FeS2/MPC composite was prepared by hydrothermal method. The results indicated that the FeS2/MPC composite electrode exhibited better electrochemical performance than pristine FeS2. Especially, the discharge capacity of composite electrode reached 650 mAh g−1 at 0.5 C current density, and this was significantly higher than that of pristine FeS2.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 51802258), project funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (NO.2020T130525), Shaanxi Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation (NO.2018BSHEDZZ113), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51771145), ISF-NSFC Joint Research Program (No. 51961145305), and Shaanxi Natural Science Basic Research Plan, China (No. 2020JM-464).

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    Heguang Liu, Ruixuan Jing, Zilu Wang & Caiyin You

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Liu, H., Jing, R., Wang, Z. et al. FeS2 encapsulated with mesoporous carbon for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. MRS Communications 11, 418–424 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-021-00048-6

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