Turning waste makeup cotton to a hollow structured carbon as anode for high-performance lithium ions batteries

Yayi Cheng; Jianfeng Huang; Jiayin Li; Hui Xie; Yongfeng Wang; Fangli Yu; Bingyao Shi; Boyang Liu

Turning waste makeup cotton to a hollow structured carbon as anode for high-performance lithium ions batteries

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Author(s): Yayi Cheng^{1, 2} ; Jianfeng Huang² ; Jiayin Li² ; Hui Xie¹ ; Yongfeng Wang¹ ; Fangli Yu¹ ; Bingyao Shi¹ ; Boyang Liu¹
- Affiliations: 1: School of Materials and Engineering, Xi'an Aeronautical University , 259 West Second Ring, Xi'an 710077 , People's Republic of China ;
  2: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Processing for Ceramic materials, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology , Xi'an 710021 , People's Republic of China
Source: Volume 15, Issue 15, 30 December 2020, p. 1095 – 1098
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2019.0518 , Online ISSN 1750-0443

Received 30/08/2019, Accepted 12/10/2020, Revised 28/09/2020, Published 30/12/2020

A green and natural biomass carbon with hollow structure was first reported derived from waste makeup cotton, which was prepared by facile pyrolysis and carbonisation in the nitrogen-filled vacuum tube furnace. Utilised as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) anode materials, the hollow structure exhibits superior cycling and rate performance. At the current density of 100 mA g⁻¹, it demonstrates a reversible capacity of 340 mAh g⁻¹ with the Coulombic efficiency of 58.8%, and the reversible capacity gradually increases to 450 mAh g⁻¹ at 300 cycles, displaying long cycling stability. Even at a higher current density of 500 mA g⁻¹, the capacity can be maintained around 245 mAh g⁻¹ after 150 cycles. Moreover, the hollow carbon exhibits excellent rate capability (222 mAh g⁻¹ at an ultrahigh rate of 2000 mA g⁻¹). This enhanced property can be attributed to its special hollow structure, which could provide fast lithium ions and electrons transfer path to facilitate the electrochemical reaction. The authors believe this work could help to design new carbon materials with green and environmental protection as anode materials for LIBs.

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