Amorphous SnO-Sb 2 O 3 -SiO 2 glass anode prepared by simple mechanical ball milling method. Physical and electrochemical properties of prepared glass anode identified by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. Amorphous nature of SnO-Sb 2 O 3 -SiO 2 60 h of ballmilled glass anode confirmed by XRD technique. The glass anode showed excellent electrochemical performance up to 100 cycles in the voltage range between 0 and 3.0 V. Cycle performance tests showed that the anode delivered a specific discharge and charge capacity of 782 and 654 mAh g -1 with 100% columbic efficiency about 100 cycles at 0.5 C rate. Its shows * 99% capacity retention even at a high-capacity rate of 5 C with a current density of 258 mAh g -1 . The EIS spectroscopy revealed that the charge transfer resistance (R ct ) decreasing to an increasing cycle number which ascribed to superior conductivity of glass anode. This research contributed to the development of a largescale preparation procedure for high-performance SnO-Sb 2 O 3 -SiO 2 glass anode materials for use in Na-ion batteries.

The hydrothermal treatment was used to create a natural hierarchical bio-inspired carbon and nitrogen-doped C/N/TiO2 hybrid composite. It is the goal of this work to investigate the photocatalytic activity of bio-inspired C/N/TiO2 hybrid composite. Techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, FTIR, Raman, and photoluminescence spectroscopy were used to explore the structural, morphological, and photocatalysis characteristics of the bio-inspired C/N/TiO2 hybrid composite. By doping carbon and nitrogen, TiO2 nanotubes were able to improve the photocatalyst properties of the C/N/TiO2 hybrid composite, decrease the energy band gap (∼2.55 eV), and result in increased electron transfer efficiency when compared to pure TiO2. The photocatalytic degradation of pollutants (rhodamine B (RhB)) is made possible by the use of a bio-inspired C/N/TiO2 hybrid composite that has high interconnectivity and an easily accessible surface.

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