AUTHOR=Saleem Muhammad , Mehboob Gohar , Ahmed M. Shafiq , Khisro Said Nasir , Ansar M. Z. , Mehmood Kashif , Rafiqa-Tul-Rasool  , Alamgir M. K. , Ejaz Ahsan , Ghazanfar M. , Hussain Shahnwaz , Ahmed Adil , Ashfaq J. M. 

TITLE=Electrochemical Properties of Tin Sulfide Nano-Sheets as Cathode Material for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00254

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2020.00254

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=<p>Unprecedented self-assembled hierarchical nano-sheets of SnS were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. In a typical reaction, SnCl<sub>2</sub>.2H<sub>2</sub>O and Na<sub>2</sub>S.9H<sub>2</sub>O were used as reactants. Structural and morphological properties were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) while the electrochemical properties were measured by cyclic voltammetry, charge-discharge cycles, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). SEM results showed the 1-D SnS nano-sheets with an average thickness of around 20 nm. Cyclic voltammogram and charge-discharge spectra showed good cycling stability. All these results showed that SnS nano-sheets are promising candidate material to be used as electrode for Li-S batteries.</p>