Novel melamine-based porous organic polymers: synthesis, characterizations, morphology modifications, and their applications in lithium-sulfur batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyang Liu ◽  
Jiaxing Wang ◽  
Miao SUN ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Runing Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Organic Polymer ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Shuttle Effect ◽  
Physical Constraints ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

Abstract Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been considered to be one of the most promising energy storage devices in the next generation. However, the insulating properties of sulfur and the shuttle effect of soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) seriously hinder the practical application of Li-S batteries. In this paper, a novel porous organic polymer (HUT3) was prepared based on the polycondensation between melamine and 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate. The micro morphology of HUT3 was improved by in-situ growth on different mass fractions of rGO (5%, 10%, 15%), and the obtained HUT3-rGO composites were employed as sulfur carriers in Li-S batteries with promoted the sulfur loading ratio and lithium ion mobility. Attributed to the synergistic effect of the chemisorption of polar groups and the physical constraints of HUT3 structure, HUT3-rGO/S electrodes exhibits excellent capacity and cyclability performance. For instance, HUT3-10rGO/S electrode exhibits a high initial specific capacity of 950 mAh g-1 at 0.2 C and retains a high capacity of 707 mAh g-1 after 500 cycles at 1 C. This work emphasizes the importance of the rational design of the chemical structure and opens up a simple way for the development of cathode materials suitable for high-performance Li-S batteries.

scholarly journals Boron Nitride Nanotube-Based Separator for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Hong-Sik Kim ◽  
Hui-Ju Kang ◽  
Hongjin Lim ◽  
Hyun Jin Hwang ◽  
Jae-Woo Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boron Nitride ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Boron Nitride Nanotube ◽  
Shuttle Effect ◽  
Metal Anode ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Lithium Sulfur

To prevent global warming, ESS development is in progress along with the development of electric vehicles and renewable energy. However, the state-of-the-art technology, i.e., lithium-ion batteries, has reached its limitation, and thus the need for high-performance batteries with improved energy and power density is increasing. Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are attracting enormous attention because of their high theoretical energy density. However, there are technical barriers to its commercialization such as the formation of dendrites on the anode and the shuttle effect of the cathode. To resolve these issues, a boron nitride nanotube (BNNT)-based separator is developed. The BNNT is physically purified so that the purified BNNT (p−BNNT) has a homogeneous pore structure because of random stacking and partial charge on the surface due to the difference of electronegativity between B and N. Compared to the conventional polypropylene (PP) separator, the p−BNNT loaded PP separator prevents the dendrite formation on the Li metal anode, facilitates the ion transfer through the separator, and alleviates the shuttle effect at the cathode. With these effects, the p−BNNT loaded PP separators enable the LSB cells to achieve a specific capacity of 1429 mAh/g, and long-term stability over 200 cycles.

scholarly journals A germanium and zinc chalcogenide as an anode for a high-capacity and long cycle life lithium battery

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (60) ◽  
pp. 35045-35049
Author(s):  
Xu Chen ◽  
Jian Zhou ◽  
Jiarui Li ◽  
Haiyan Luo ◽  
Lin Mei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Lithium Battery ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Long Cycle Life ◽  
Zinc Chalcogenide

High-performance lithium ion batteries are ideal energy storage devices for both grid-scale and large-scale applications.

Porous Activity of Biomass-Activated Carbon Enhanced by Nitrogen-Dopant Towards High-Performance Lithium Ion Hybrid Battery-Supercapacitor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Yu ◽  
Xuyang Wang ◽  
Jiaxin Peng ◽  
Xuefeng Jia ◽  
Linbo Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Pore Structure ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices

Abstract Biomass-activated carbon materials are promising electrode materials for lithium-ion hybrid capacitors (LiCs) because of their natural hierarchical pore structure. The efficient utilization of structural pores in activated carbon is very important for their electrochemical performance. Herein, porous biomass-activated carbon (PAC) with large specific surface area was prepared using a one-step activation method with biomass waste as the carbon source and ZnCl2 as the activator. To further improve its pore structure utilization efficiency, the PAC was doped with nitrogen using urea as the nitrogen source. The experimental results confirmed that PAC-1 with a high nitrogen doping level of 4.66% exhibited the most efficient pore utilization among all the samples investigated in this study. PAC-1 exhibited 92% capacity retention after 8000 cycles, showing good cycling stability. Then, to maximize the utilization of high-efficiency energy storage devices, LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 (NCA), a promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries with high specific capacity, was compounded with PAC-1 in different ratios to obtain NCA@PC composites. The NCA@PC-9 composite exhibited excellent capacitance in LiCs and an energy density of 210.9 Wh kg-1 at a high power density of 13.3 kW kg-1. These results provide guidelines for the design of high-performance and low-cost energy storage devices.

scholarly journals MnO2/rGO/CNTs Framework as a Sulfur Host for High-Performance Li-S Batteries

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Dong ◽  
Lingqiang Meng ◽  
Xiaodong Hong ◽  
Sizhe Liu ◽  
Ding Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Physical Adsorption ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Electronic Conductivity ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Framework Structure ◽  
Shuttle Effect ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Lithium Sulfur ◽  
Initial Capacity

Lithium-sulfur batteries are very promising next-generation energy storage batteries due to their high theoretical specific capacity. However, the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries is one of the important bottlenecks that limits its rapid development. Herein, physical and chemical dual adsorption of lithium polysulfides are achieved by designing a novel framework structure consisting of MnO2, reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The framework-structure composite of MnO2/rGO/CNTs is prepared by a simple hydrothermal method. The framework exhibits a uniform and abundant mesoporous structure (concentrating in ~12 nm). MnO2 is an α phase structure and the α-MnO2 also has a significant effect on the adsorption of lithium polysulfides. The rGO and CNTs provide a good physical adsorption interaction and good electronic conductivity for the dissolved polysulfides. As a result, the MnO2/rGO/CNTs/S cathode delivered a high initial capacity of 1201 mAh g−1 at 0.2 C. The average capacities were 916 mAh g−1, 736 mAh g−1, and 547 mAh g−1 at the current densities of 0.5 C, 1 C, and 2 C, respectively. In addition, when tested at 0.5 C, the MnO2/rGO/CNTs/S exhibited a high initial capacity of 1010 mAh g−1 and achieved 780 mAh g−1 after 200 cycles, with a low capacity decay rate of 0.11% per cycle. This framework-structure composite provides a simple way to improve the electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries.

Modification of High Potential, High Capacity Li2FeP2O7 Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

2012 ◽  
Vol 1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajia Tan ◽  
Ashutosh Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Cathode Material ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrochemical Impedance ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Discharge Rates ◽  
Electronic Conductivities ◽  
Fast Discharge

ABSTRACTLi2FeP2O7 is a newly developed polyanionic cathode material for high performance lithium ion batteries. It is considered very attractive due to its large specific capacity, good thermal and chemical stability, and environmental benignity. However, the application of Li2FeP2O7 is limited by its low ionic and electronic conductivities. To overcome the above problem, a solution-based technique was successfully developed to synthesize Li2FeP2O7 powders with very fine and uniform particle size (< 1 μm), achieving much faster kinetics. The obtained Li2FeP2O7 powders were tested in lithium ion batteries by measurements of cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and galvanostatic charge/discharge cycling. We found that the modified Li2FeP2O7 cathode could maintain a relatively high capacity even at fast discharge rates.

Polydopamine-wrapped, silicon nanoparticle-impregnated macroporous CNT particles: rational design of high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghee Gueon ◽  
Jun Hyuk Moon
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Silicon Nanoparticle

We report simple yet rationally designed, polydopamine-wrapped, silicon nanoparticle-impregnated macroporous CNT particles for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.

Two-dimensional ZrC2 as a novel anode material with high capacity for Sodium ion battery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Tao Jing ◽  
Shao Cai ◽  
Mingsen Deng ◽  
Dongmei Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Anode Materials ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Sodium Ion ◽  
Sodium Ion Battery ◽  
Sodium Ion Batteries ◽  
Two Dimensional

Rational design of high-performance anode materials is of paramount importance for developing rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium ion batteries (SIBs). In this work, ZrC2 monolayer is predicted by...

scholarly journals Silicon-Nanographite Aerogel-Based Anodes for High Performance Lithium Ion Batteries

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Phadatare ◽  
Rohan Patil ◽  
Nicklas Blomquist ◽  
Sven Forsberg ◽  
Jonas Örtegren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Silicon Anodes

Abstract To increase the energy storage density of lithium-ion batteries, silicon anodes have been explored due to their high capacity. One of the main challenges for silicon anodes are large volume variations during the lithiation processes. Recently, several high-performance schemes have been demonstrated with increased life cycles utilizing nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanowires, and thin films. However, a method that allows the large-scale production of silicon anodes remains to be demonstrated. Herein, we address this question by suggesting new scalable nanomaterial-based anodes. Si nanoparticles were grown on nanographite flakes by aerogel fabrication route from Si powder and nanographite mixture using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). This silicon-nanographite aerogel electrode has stable specific capacity even at high current rates and exhibit good cyclic stability. The specific capacity is 455 mAh g−1 for 200th cycles with a coulombic efficiency of 97% at a current density 100 mA g−1.

Rational design of hierarchical Ni embedded NiO hybrid nanospheres for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (76) ◽  
pp. 72008-72014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Feng ◽  
Xiaolei Sun ◽  
Hongwei Yue ◽  
Deyan He
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion

Uniform-sized Ni embedded NiO nanospheres exhibit a high capacity of 453 mA h g−1 (12C) and 800 mA h g−1 (0.2C) after 300 cycles.

scholarly journals Facile synthesis of sulfur@titanium carbide Mxene as high performance cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 2025-2032
Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Yunlei Zhou ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Dongchan Li ◽  
Zhichao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Carbide ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Shuttle Effect ◽  
Lithium Polysulfide ◽  
Lithium Sulfur Batteries ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Sulfur Hosts ◽  
Lithium Sulfur ◽  
Sulfur Nanoparticles

AbstractThe design of sulfur hosts with polar, sulfurphilic, and conductive network is critical to lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries whose potential applications are greatly limited by the lithium polysulfide shuttle effect. Mxenes, possessing layered-stacked structures and high electrical conductivities, have a great potential in sulfur hosts. Herein, sulfur nanoparticles uniformly decorated on titanium carbide Mxene (S@Ti3C2Tx Mxene) are synthesized via a hydrothermal method and then utilized as a cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries. This unique architecture could accommodate sulfur nanoparticles expansion during cycling, suppress the shuttling of lithium polysulfide, and enhance electronical conductivity. Consequently, the S@Mxene with a high areal sulfur loading (∼4.0 mg cm−2) exhibits a high capacity (1477.2 mAh g−1) and a low capacity loss per cycle of 0.18% after 100 cycles at 0.2 C. This work may shed lights on the development of high performance sulfur-based cathode materials for Li-S batteries.

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