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Herein, a brief and scalable strategy to convert bamboo and woods into uniform hollow cellulose fibers with micrometer-size through a simple delignification process in nitric acid solutions is presented. Next, these cellulose fibers are further transformed into individual microtubular carbon fibers by a carbonization treatment. The evolved carbon fibers show an amorphous organization, large interlayer distances (0.39–0.40 nm) and narrow pore size distributions (0–10 nm), consequently exhibit superior electrochemical performance (vs. Li/Li+) in comparison with practical graphite anode. A high reversible capacity of 435 mA h g−1 at 50 mA g−1, as well as competitive rate capacity (up to 150 mA h g−1 at 2 A g−1) and stability over long-term cycling (76% capacity retention at 500 mA g−1 after 500 cycles) is achieved. Furthermore, a majority of reversible capacity was delivered by these carbon fibers at an obvious low discharging-charging potential plateau (0–0.1 V) as lithium ion battery anodes. When the carbon fibers derived from bamboo and paulownia are tested vs. Na/Na+, reversible capacities of 320 and 302 mA h g−1 at 50 mA g−1 are delivered, respectively.
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This research was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0600202), Scientific Research Foundation of Central South University of Forestry and Technology (104-0452, 2018YC003).
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Zhang, X., Hu, J., Chen, X. et al. Microtubular carbon fibers derived from bamboo and wood as sustainable anodes for lithium and sodium ion batteries. J Porous Mater 26, 1821–1830 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-019-00781-3
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