Revealing the closed pore formation of waste wood-derived hard carbon for advanced sodium-ion battery

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Abstract Although the closed pore structure plays a key role in contributing low-voltage plateau capacity of hard carbon anode for sodium-ion batteries, the formation mechanism of closed pores is still under debate. The optimized sample demonstrates a high reversible capacity of 430 mAh g −1 at 20 mA g −1 (plateau capacity of 293 mAh g −1 for the second cycle), as well as good rate and stable cycling performances (85.4% after 400 cycles at 500 mA g −1 ).

🔑 Key Findings

• Here, we employ waste wood-derived hard carbon as a template to systematically establish the formation mechanisms of closed pores and their effect on sodium storage performance.
• We find that the high crystallinity cellulose in nature wood decomposes to long-range carbon layers as the wall of closed pore, and the amorphous component can hinder the graphitization of carbon layer and induce the crispation of long-range carbon layers.
• The optimized sample demonstrates a high reversible capacity of 430 mAh g −1 at 20 mA g −1 (plateau capacity of 293 mAh g −1 for the second cycle), as well as good rate and stable cycling performances (85.4% after 400 cycles at 500 mA g −1 ).

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