Confining Sn nanoparticles in interconnected N-doped hollow carbon spheres as hierarchical zincophilic fibers for dendrite-free Zn metal anodes

• Main Authors: Yu, Huan, Zeng, Yinxiang, Li, Nian Wu, Luan, Deyan, Yu, Le, Lou, David Xiong Wen
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Carbon; Density Functional Theory
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160899
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We developed a three-dimensional hybrid fiber host consisting of interconnected N-doped hollow carbon spheres embedded with Sn nanoparticles (denoted as Sn@NHCF) for Zn metal anodes in high-performance Zn metal batteries. Experimental observations and density functional theory calculation reveal tha...