简介:Here,wereportthesynthesisofhardcarbonmaterials(RH)madefromnaturalricehuskthroughasinglepyrolysisprocessandtheirapplicationasananodeinsodium-ionbatteries.ThestudiesshowthattheelectrochemicalpropertiesofRHsareaffectedbythetreatmenttemperatures,whichdeterminethematerialsmorphology,inparticular,theirdegreeofgraphitizationandextentofcontinuouschannels(nanovoids).Thelatterareaccessibletosodiumionsandsignificantlycontributetochargestoragecapacityoftheproducedanodes.TheRHsobtainedat1600°Cdeliverthehighestreversiblecapacityof276mAhg-1mainlyduetoinsertionofsodiumionsintothenanovoids.Thisworkdeepensthebasicunderstandingoftheinfluenceofthecarbonizationtemperatureonthesodiumstoragemechanism.