Sulfur–mesoporous carbon composites in conjunction with a novel ionic liquid electrolyte for lithium rechargeable batteries

Carbon ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wang ◽  
S.Y. Chew ◽  
Z.W. Zhao ◽  
S. Ashraf ◽  
D. Wexler ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 2322-2332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago C. Mendes ◽  
Cuong Nguyen ◽  
Anders J. Barlow ◽  
Pavel V. Cherepanov ◽  
Maria Forsyth ◽  
...  

A Li–Se battery based on a Se-infused N,S,O tri-doped mesoporous carbon cathode is presented. A compatible and tunable ionic liquid electrolyte is introduced and a safer and thermally stable Li–Se battery that can operate up to 70 °C is demonstrated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (47) ◽  
pp. 27525-27528
Author(s):  
Yeseul Park ◽  
Danbi Lee ◽  
Jongmin Kim ◽  
Gibaek Lee ◽  
Yongsug Tak

The electrolyte containing benzene additive in Al-ion battery exhibited the best electrochemical properties with a high specific capacity at an extremely high current rate.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
huan Wang ◽  
Rikard Emanuelsson ◽  
Christoffer Karlsson ◽  
Patric Jannasch ◽  
Maria Strømme ◽  
...  

<p>Rechargeable batteries that use redox-active organic compounds are currently considered as an energy storage technology for the future. Conducting redox polymers (CRPs) are organic materials being both electronically conducting and resilient to dissolution. While insolubility is an advantageous property for active battery materials, it complicates the processing necessary for fabricating electrodes, including electrode formulation and layer formation. Here we employ a post-deposition electro-polymerization (PDP) method, which allows for solution-processing to be used for electrode layer formation. The polymerization conditions are optimized and the underlying mechanism is studied with the final aim to produce high performance CRPs as energy storage materials. We show that quinizarin (Qz) and naphthoquinone (NQ) based CRPs can reach their theoretical capacity thorough optimization of the polymerization conditions. Combining the two CRPs, with the Qz-CRP as cathode and the NQ-CRP as anode, and a protic ionic liquid electrolyte, yields a 0.8 V proton rocking-chair battery. The conducting additive-free all-organic proton battery exhibits a capacity of 62 mAh/g and a capacity retention of 80% after 500 cycles using rapid potentiostatic charging and galvanostatic discharge at 4.5 C. </p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 1456-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo F. R. Ortega ◽  
Garbas A. dos Santos Junior ◽  
Luciano A. Montoro ◽  
Glaura G. Silva ◽  
Clara Blanco ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
huan Wang ◽  
Rikard Emanuelsson ◽  
Christoffer Karlsson ◽  
Patric Jannasch ◽  
Maria Strømme ◽  
...  

<p>Rechargeable batteries that use redox-active organic compounds are currently considered as an energy storage technology for the future. Conducting redox polymers (CRPs) are organic materials being both electronically conducting and resilient to dissolution. While insolubility is an advantageous property for active battery materials, it complicates the processing necessary for fabricating electrodes, including electrode formulation and layer formation. Here we employ a post-deposition electro-polymerization (PDP) method, which allows for solution-processing to be used for electrode layer formation. The polymerization conditions are optimized and the underlying mechanism is studied with the final aim to produce high performance CRPs as energy storage materials. We show that quinizarin (Qz) and naphthoquinone (NQ) based CRPs can reach their theoretical capacity thorough optimization of the polymerization conditions. Combining the two CRPs, with the Qz-CRP as cathode and the NQ-CRP as anode, and a protic ionic liquid electrolyte, yields a 0.8 V proton rocking-chair battery. The conducting additive-free all-organic proton battery exhibits a capacity of 62 mAh/g and a capacity retention of 80% after 500 cycles using rapid potentiostatic charging and galvanostatic discharge at 4.5 C. </p>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urbi Pal ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
Derick Gyabang ◽  
Thushan Pathirana ◽  
Binayak Roy ◽  
...  

We explore a novel ether aided superconcentrated ionic liquid electrolyte; a combination of ionic liquid, <i>N</i>-propyl-<i>N</i>-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (C<sub>3</sub>mpyrFSI) and ether solvent, <i>1,2</i> dimethoxy ethane (DME) with 3.2 mol/kg LiFSI salt, which offers an alternative ion-transport mechanism and improves the overall fluidity of the electrolyte. The molecular dynamics (MD) study reveals that the coordination environment of lithium in the ether aided ionic liquid system offers a coexistence of both the ether DME and FSI anion simultaneously and the absence of ‘free’, uncoordinated DME solvent. These structures lead to very fast kinetics and improved current density for lithium deposition-dissolution processes. Hence the electrolyte is used in a lithium metal battery against a high mass loading (~12 mg/cm<sup>2</sup>) LFP cathode which was cycled at a relatively high current rate of 1mA/cm<sup>2</sup> for 350 cycles without capacity fading and offered an overall coulombic efficiency of >99.8 %. Additionally, the rate performance demonstrated that this electrolyte is capable of passing current density as high as 7mA/cm<sup>2</sup> without any electrolytic decomposition and offers a superior capacity retention. We have also demonstrated an ‘anode free’ LFP-Cu cell which was cycled over 50 cycles and achieved an average coulombic efficiency of 98.74%. The coordination chemistry and (electro)chemical understanding as well as the excellent cycling stability collectively leads toward a breakthrough in realizing the practical applicability of this ether aided ionic liquid electrolytes in lithium metal battery applications, while delivering high energy density in a prototype cell.


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