biostudies-literatureUnknown12(44)Lin ZOwing to the natural abundance and low-cost of sodium, sodium-ion batteries offer advantages for next-generation portable electronic devices and smart grids. However, the development of anode materials with long cycle life and high reversible capacity is still a great challenge. Herein, we report a yolk-shell structure composed of N,P co-doped carbon as the shell and CoP nanowires as the yolk (YS-CoP@NPC) for a hierarchically nanoarchitectured anode for improved sodium storage performance. Benefitting from the 1D hollow structure, the YS-CoP@NPC electrode exhibits an excellent cycling stability with a reversibly capacity of 211.5 mA h g^-1 at 2 A g^-1 after 1000 cycles for sodium storage. In-depth characterization by <i>ex situ</i> X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and work function analysis revealed that the enhanced sodium storage property of YS-CoP@NPC might be attributed to the stable solid electrolyte interphase film, high electronic conductivity and better Na⁺ diffusion kinetics.RSC advances28341-28348https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9533733biostudies-literatureRational construction of yolk-shell CoP/N,P co-doped mesoporous carbon nanowires as anodes for ultralong cycle life sodium-ion batteries.PMC9533733Yang WTan XHuang ZYing SHuang XLin YLin ZLin JfalseRational construction of yolk-shell CoP/N,P co-doped mesoporous carbon nanowires as anodes for ultralong cycle life sodium-ion batteries.Owing to the natural abundance and low-cost of sodium, sodium-ion batteries offer advantages for next-generation portable electronic devices and smart grids. However, the development of anode materials with long cycle life and high reversible capacity is still a great challenge. Herein, we report a yolk-shell structure composed of N,P co-doped carbon as the shell and CoP nanowires as the yolk (YS-CoP@NPC) for a hierarchically nanoarchitectured anode for improved sodium storage performance. Benefitting from the 1D hollow structure, the YS-CoP@NPC electrode exhibits an excellent cycling stability with a reversibly capacity of 211.5 mA h g^-1 at 2 A g^-1 after 1000 cycles for sodium storage. In-depth characterization by <i>ex situ</i> X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and work function analysis revealed that the enhanced sodium storage property of YS-CoP@NPC might be attributed to the stable solid electrolyte interphase film, high electronic conductivity and better Na⁺ diffusion kinetics.2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Oct2025-04-05T13:27:48.136Z2025-04-05T13:27:48.136ZS-EPMC95337333632052310.1039/d2ra04153g