Journal article
Chicken feathers as an intrinsic source to develop ZnS/carbon composite for Li-ion battery anode material
Khalifa University of Science and Technology1
National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark2
Nanofabrication, National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark3
Biomaterial Microsystems, Nanofabrication, National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark4
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark5
Imaging and Structural Analysis, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark6
Nowadays, renewable biomass-wastes are considered as one of the green precursors for developing multifunctional nanomaterials. Herein, we successfully developed a zinc sulfide (ZnS) doped chicken feather carbon (ZnS-CFC) composite using bio-waste of chicken feathers (CFs) as the natural sulfur and carbon precursor via simple two-steps approach.
Under a hydrothermal condition, Zn precursor in situ reacts with the CFs to form a ZnS doped hydrothermally treated feathers (ZnS-HTF) hybrid, and further pyrolysis yields a ZnS-CFC composite. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that ZnS nanoparticles are existing in a stable sub 10 nm size within the carbon matrix without any capping agents.
As–prepared ZnS-CFC composite was utilized as an anode material for the Li-ion battery and achieved a reversible capacity of 788 mAh g−1 after 150 cycles at 100 mA g−1 with a good rate performance. Interestingly, the present work provides an eco-friendly way of developing metal sulfide-carbon composites that have the potential for various practical applications.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2020 |
| Pages: | 122953 |
| ISSN: | 18793312 and 02540584 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.122953 |
| ORCIDs: | Edathil, Anjali Achazhiyath and Kadirvelayutham, Prasanna |
