Nature Communications (May 2020)

Red-phosphorus-impregnated carbon nanofibers for sodium-ion batteries and liquefaction of red phosphorus

  • Yihang Liu,
  • Qingzhou Liu,
  • Cheng Jian,
  • Dingzhou Cui,
  • Mingrui Chen,
  • Zhen Li,
  • Teng Li,
  • Tom Nilges,
  • Kai He,
  • Zheng Jia,
  • Chongwu Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16077-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Red phosphorus is a promising anode for Na-ion batteries but suffers from large volume change upon cycling. Here the authors show a red-phosphorus-impregnated carbon nanofiber design in which the sodiated red phosphorus is featured by a “liquid-like” behavior and ultra-stable electrochemical performance is realized.