Tremella-like Molybdenum Dioxide as an Anode Material for Lithium ion Battery

1 Results Molybdenum dioxide, with excellent chemical and physical properties, has been widely used in various fields[1]. As an anode material for lithium ion battery, it exhibits higher capacity than commercial carbonaceous materials, and proper morphology, structure and particle size are necessary for MoO2 to be employed as an anode material for lithium ion battery[2].We have successfully obtained tremella-like structure self-assembled with hexagonal MoO2 nanosheets via hydrothermal method using ethyl...     

Sol-gel Method Synthesized Polyhedron SnO_2 Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery

1 Introduction Tin-based oxides will be promising anode materials for lithium ion batteries due to its high specific capacity, low potential platform, and safety[1]. Many methods have been applied to synthesize SnO2 materials of different morphologies, such as chemical vapor deposition, spray, sol-gel method[2]. Triblock copolymer poly (ethylene oxide)-block-poly (propylene oxide)-block-poly (ethane oxide) (P123) has been used as surfactant to prepare nano-crystalline tin oxide particles[3]. In this pap...     

Facile synthesis of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles anchored on graphene sheets for enhanced performance of lithium ion battery

Recently, metal oxides as high capacity anode materials had been investigated for lithium ion batteries.However, the fast capacity fading upon cycling leaded poor durability, which hindered their application as higher energy density of lithium ion battery. In this paper, a nanostructured nanocomposite with graphene supported CoFe_2O_4 nanoparticles(NPs) was prepared via simple hydrothermal reaction. The uniform CoFe_2O_4 NPs were anchored on graphene sheets, which brought a good performance on cyclability. Combined with the optimization of graphene content, the anode delivered a better capacity retention of 944 m A h g~(-1)over 50 cycles at current density of 100 m A g~(-1)and the good reversible capacity as 990 m A h g~(-1)when the rate returned from 5 A g~(-1)to 0.1 A g~(-1)after 60 cycles. The present work provided a desired structure for conversion anode materials or other electrode materials of large volume change.     

Effect of Calcining Temperature on the Structure of Li_4Ti_5O_(12)

1 Introduction Recently there had considerable interest in Li4Ti5O12 as a potential anode for use in Li-ion batteries. Usually, it was used as an anode combined with a high voltage cathode[1-5]. It has many advantages compared to the currently used graphite. For example, it presents virtually unlimited cycle life due to zero strain or volume change when lithium intercalates into and de-intercalates from[6]. Generally, Li4Ti5O12 was prepared by a solid-state reaction from stoichiometric amounts of Li2CO3...     

锂离子二次电池铜锡合金负极研究进展

与碳负极材料相比,锡基合金材料具有高容量、高密度的优势,有望成为新一代高容量锂离子电池的首选负极材料。Cu-Sn合金是研究最为广泛的锡基合金材料之一。综述了近年来该领域的研究进展,并对其发展方向进行了展望。     

硅/碳复合材料的高温热解法制备及其电化学性能

采用高温热解方法成功地合成了高容量硅/碳复合负极材料.通过X射线衍射分析、热重分析、扫描电子显微镜观察、透射电子显微镜观察、恒电流充放电测试、循环伏安法等手段研究了复合材料的性能.结果表明：硅/碳复合材料由Si、C以及少量SiO2组成;硅/碳复合材料中碳的质量分数约在39%左右;经电化学性能测试,在电流0.2 mA下,该硅/碳复合材料首次充电容量768 mAh·g-1,首次库仑效率75.6%,70次循环后可逆比容量仍为529 mAh·g-1,平均容量衰减率为0.44%.这些性能改善归因于硅/碳复合材料中碳的引进,硅表面存在的碳涂层提供了一个快速锂运输通道,降低了电池的阻抗并且充放电过程中稳定了电极的组成.     

Review of silicon-based alloys for lithium-ion battery anodes

Silicon (Si) is widely considered to be the most attractive candidate anode material for use in next-generation high-energy-density lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs) because it has a high theoretical gravimetric Li storage capacity, relatively low lithiation voltage, and abund-ant resources. Consequently, massive efforts have been exerted to improve its electrochemical performance. While some progress in this field has been achieved, a number of severe challenges, such as the element’s large volume change during cycling, low intrinsic electronic conduct-ivity, and poor rate capacity, have yet to be solved. Methods to solve these problems have been attempted via the development of nanosized Si materials. Unfortunately, reviews summarizing the work on Si-based alloys are scarce. Herein, the recent progress related to Si-based alloy an-ode materials is reviewed. The problems associated with Si anodes and the corresponding strategies used to address these problems are first de-scribed. Then, the available Si-based alloys are divided into Si/Li-active and inactive systems, and the characteristics of these systems are dis-cussed. Other special systems are also introduced. Finally, perspectives and future outlooks are provided to enable the wider application of Si-alloy anodes to commercial LIBs.     

Li3N film modified separator with homogenization effect of lithium ions for stable lithium metal battery

Lithium metal anode with high theoretical capacity is considered to be one of the most potential anode materials of the next generation. However, the growth of lithium dendrite seriously affects the application of lithium metal anode and the development of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Herein, an ultrathin Li₃N film modified separator to homogenize the lithium ions and protect the lithium metal anode was reported. Due to the intrinsic properties of Li₃N, the functional separator possessed good thermal stability, mechanical properties and electrolyte wettability, and the homogenization of the lithium ion was realized without increasing the interface impedance. With this functional separator, the Li/Li symmetrical cell could achieve a long cycle with low overpotential for 1000 ​h at a current density of 1 ​mA ​cm⁻². Furthermore, when the full battery was assembled with LiFePO₄ and the discharge capacity could be maintained at 151 mAh g⁻¹ after 400 cycles at 1 ​C. In addition, the full battery also showed good rate performance, and provided a high discharge capacity of 114 mAh g⁻¹ at 5 ​C.     

CuO微米梭的制备及其电化学性能研究

尽管各种各样的CuO纳米结构已被广泛应用于锂离子电池负极材料的研究,但将CuO微米梭作为锂离子电池负极材料却鲜有报道. 运用简单的溶剂热法制备大量的CuO微米梭,并用作锂离子电池负极材料. 实验表明,CuO微米梭在电流密度为100 mA g-1下充放电循环100次后,放电容量依然保持在484 mAh g-1. CuO微米梭优异的电化学性能归功于其独特的梭形结构. 这种结构在锂离子电池充放电过程中可以缩短锂离子和电子的传输距离,缓解体积膨胀效应.     

Nanostructure designing and hybridizing of high-capacity silicon-based anode for lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries have long been used in electronic products and electric vehicles, but their energy density is slowly failing to keep up with demand. Because of its extraordinarily high theoretical specific capacity, silicon is regarded as the most potential next-generation anode material for practical lithium-ion batteries. However, its unavoidable volume expansion issue can cause electrode deformation and loss of electrical contact during cycling,resulting in significant performance reduc...     

A Type of Lithium-ion Battery Based on Aqueous electrolyte

1 Introduction A new type of rechargeable lithium ion battery with an aqueous electrolyte was announced by W. Li et al. in 1994[1].This type of battery uses the lithium intercalation compounds LiMn2O4 and VO2 as electrode materials and an alkaline aqueous electrolytic solution. By this combination, the disadvantages of the non-aqueous Li-ion battery type, i.e. high cost and safety problems could be faded away[2]. So this type of aqueous Li-ion battery was regarded as the promising power for electric veh...     

锂离子电池多孔硅／碳复合负极材料研究

以硅粉、镁粉和葡萄糖为原料,采用高温固相烧结工艺及水热法制备了循环性能优异的锂离子电池多孔硅／碳复合负极材料．利用X射线衍射仪（XRD）、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）对样品物相和微观形貌进行表征,研究了无定形碳包覆量对产物电化学性能的影响．无定形碳的存在,不仅对多孔硅粉的三维孔隙结构起到了支撑作用,也可有效改善复合材料的导电性能并有效缓冲电化学嵌／脱锂过程中多孔硅颗粒所产生的体积效应．电化学性能测试表明,10次循环后,多孔硅／碳复合负极材料平均每周次容量衰减为0．41%,100次循环后其可逆容量仍可维持在608．7mA·h／g．     

A Template Roure to Prepare Nanowire Arrays of Amorphous Cabon Nanotube-coated Single Crystal Tin Dioxide

1 Results Tin oxide is an important n-type semiconductor of wide band due to its numerous potential applications in resistors, gas sensors, dye-based solar cells, and transparent conducting coatings for glasses and electrodes. It is also prospective anode material for high-energy density lithium ion batteries[1]. So far much work has been conducted on one-dimensional (1-D) metal oxides because their large ratio of surface/volume and their congruence of the carrier screening length with their lateral dim...     

Facile hydrothermal and sol-gel synthesis of novel Sn-Co/C composite as superior anodes for Li-ion batteries

As an anode material in lithium ion battery, the Sn-Co/C composite electrode materials have been successfully synthesized by hydrothermal and solgel methods, respectively. The resultant composites were mainly composed of Snbased oxides, nanometer Sn-Co alloy and carbon. Carbon and Co, acting as buffer materials, can accommodate to the large volume change of active Sn during the discharge-charge process, thus improving the cycling stability. Although charge/discharge curves revealed the excellent cycle performance for samples synthesized by both methods, composites obtained by the sol-gel showed a better dispersion effect of nanoparticles on the carbon matrix and possessed much more improved stable capacity with 624.9 mAh g-1 over 100 cycles and that by hydrothermal method only exhibited ～299.3 mAh g-1. Therefore, the Sn-Co/C composites obtained by solgel synthesis method could be a perfect candidate for anode material of Liion storage battery.     

Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Nanostructured Cathode Materials for Lithium Batteries

1 Results For electrode materials in lithium batteries,a high surface area can provide higher electrode/electrolyte contact areas,thus eventually causing the shorter diffusion paths with the particles,and provides more facile intercalation for Li ions[1-4].In addition,reduced strain of intercalation and contributions from charge storage at the surface may also contribute to Li capacity,compared with bulk counterparts.In this regard,I am going to talk about the preparation and electrochemical properties o...     

Silicon-based nanomaterials for lithium-ion batteries

Silicon-based nanomaterials have been of scientific and commercial interest in lithium-ion batteries due to the low cost,low toxicity,and high specific capacity with an order of magnitude beyond that of conventional graphite.The poor capacity retention,caused by pulverization of Si during cycling,triggers researchers and engineers to explore better battery materials.This review summarizes recent work in improving Si-based anode materials via different approaches from diverse Si nanostructures,Si/metal nanocomposites,to Si/C nanocomposites,and also offers perspectives of the Si-based anode materials.     

高容量型锂离子电池硅基负极材料的研究进展

硅基负极材料由于其具有高容量而被广泛研究,该材料在充/放电过程中巨大的体积变化、低的循环寿命和初始库仑效率阻碍了其商业化应用. 本文分析了硅基负极材料的工作原理,回顾了其在脱/嵌锂过程中的晶体结构、表面/界面的变化以及提高其电化学性能的方法,讨论了锂离子电池硅基负极材料的前景.     

Promotive effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on Co3O4 nanosheets and their application in lithium-ion battery

Co3O4/MWCNTs composites have been synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method using a surfactant(CTAB) and a precipitation agent(urea). The samples were characterized by XRD, SEM and BET methods. The electrochemical properties of the samples as anode materials for lithium batteries were studied by EIS and Galvanostatic measurements. The Co3O4/MWCNTs composites displayed higher capacity and better cycle performance in comparison with the Co3O4 nanosheets. The remarkable improvement of electrochemical performance within the hybrid composites is probably related to the addition of MWCNTs that possesses improved properties such as excellent electric conductivity and large surface area, which helps to alleviate the effect of volume change, shorten the distance of lithium ion diffusion, facilitate the transmission of electron and keep the structure stable.     

不同载硅量对Li2FeSiO4/C材料电性能的影响

以多壁纳米碳管和Si(OC2H5)4为原料,采用液相法合成包覆了SiO2的多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs@SiO2),通过调节Si(OC2H5)4的加入量,制备出不同载硅量的前驱体MWCNTs@SiO2,并以此种前驱物合成硅酸铁锂Li2FeSiO4/C材料.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、恒流充放电对Li2FeSiO4/C材料进行了表征及电化学性能测试,实验结果表明载硅量为35.72%的MWCNTs@SiO2前驱体合成的Li2FeSiO4/C材料颗粒大小一致,在0.1C电流密度下循环50圈后获得180 mAh·g－1的稳定放电比容量,具有优良的电化学性能.     

硬炭微球的制备及其储锂性能研究

以二乙烯基苯(DVB)为交联剂、偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)为引发剂、聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)为模版剂,通过自组装,制备聚苯乙烯微球。经过氧化和高温炭化转换成硬炭微球。考察了硬炭微球作为锂离子负极材料的电化学性能。结果表明硬炭微球的首次放电比容量为505 mA·h/g,40次循环后保持在304 mA·h/g。