The invention discloses a
sodium ion battery
nanosheet array
nickel phosphide / three-dimensional (3D)
graphene composite material and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps of preparing 3D
graphene by using foam
nickel and a
chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, enabling the 3D
graphene and deionized water having a pH value of 3 to be subjected to a
hydrothermal reaction, and generating an Ni(OH)2
nanosheet array structure on a foam
nickel substrate loaded with the 3D graphene; respectively placing
nanosheet array Ni(OH)2 / 3D graphene
composite material and a
phosphorus source at the two ends of a
tube furnace, heating the
tube furnace, replenishing one end of the
tube furnace, where the
inorganic phosphorus source is placed, with flowing
inert gas, and carrying out heat treatment; cooling the product of the reaction to
room temperature to obtain the nanosheet array nickel
phosphide / 3D graphene
composite material. The whole preparation method provided by the invention is simple and environmentally-friendly; nickel
phosphide is compounded with the 3D graphene, so that the material performance is improved; when the composite material is used as a self-supported
sodium ion battery
anode material, a conductive additive is not needed; the
sodium ion battery nanosheet array nickel phosphide / 3D graphene composite material has high specific capacity and good rate performance, thus having a wide industrial application prospect.