Nanoarchitectonics of Acicular Nanocrystal Assembly and Nanosheet Assembly for Lithium-Ion Batteries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 3004-3012
Author(s):  
Yoshitake Masuda ◽  
Junji Akimoto ◽  
Kazumi Kato
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Copper Nanoparticles ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Coulomb Efficiency ◽  
Nanocrystal Assembly ◽  
Charge Discharge ◽  
Characteristic Microstructure

Nanoarchitectonics of metal oxide nanocrystal electrodes were developed for lithium-ion batteries. The electrodes included copper nanoparticles and doped fluorine. For the acicular nanocrystals, charge–discharge reactions progressed at 1.8 V over 100 cycles at 100 and 10 μA. A 15-mmdiameter battery containing acicular nanocrystals showed capacity, coulomb efficiency, and specific capacity, respectively of 20 μAh, 98%, and ~242 mAh/g at 100 μA and 40 μAh, 99%, and 484 mAh/g at 10 μA. The TiO2/SnO2 electrode consisted of a SnO2 sheet-assembled structure with surface layers of anatase TiO2. The TiO2/SnO2 battery operated at 1.3 (100 cycles) and 1.2 (50 cycles) V at 100 and 10 μA, respectively; its capacity, coulomb efficiency, and specific capacity, respectively were 50 μAh, 98%, and 161 mAh/g at 100 μA and 200 μAh, 97–98%, and 643 mAh/g at 10 μA. The characteristic microstructure, chemical composition, and crystal faces of both materials contributed to battery performance.

scholarly journals The Use of Succinonitrile as an Electrolyte Additive for Composite-Fiber Membranes in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Membranes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahaziel Villarreal ◽  
Roberto Orrostieta Chavez ◽  
Sujay A. Chopade ◽  
Timothy P. Lodge ◽  
Mataz Alcoutlabi
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ionic Conductivity ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Composite Fiber ◽  
Galvanostatic Charge ◽  
Lithium Anode ◽  
Charge Discharge ◽  
Licoo2 Cathode

In the present work, the effect of temperature and additives on the ionic conductivity of mixed organic/ionic liquid electrolytes (MOILEs) was investigated by conducting galvanostatic charge/discharge and ionic conductivity experiments. The mixed electrolyte is based on the ionic liquid (IL) (EMI/TFSI/LiTFSI) and organic solvents EC/DMC (1:1 v/v). The effect of electrolyte type on the electrochemical performance of a LiCoO2 cathode and a SnO2/C composite anode in lithium anode (or cathode) half-cells was also investigated. The results demonstrated that the addition of 5 wt.% succinonitrile (SN) resulted in enhanced ionic conductivity of a 60% EMI-TFSI 40% EC/DMC MOILE from ~14 mS·cm−1 to ~26 mS·cm−1 at room temperature. Additionally, at a temperature of 100 °C, an increase in ionic conductivity from ~38 to ~69 mS·cm−1 was observed for the MOILE with 5 wt% SN. The improvement in the ionic conductivity is attributed to the high polarity of SN and its ability to dissolve various types of salts such as LiTFSI. The galvanostatic charge/discharge results showed that the LiCoO2 cathode with the MOILE (without SN) exhibited a 39% specific capacity loss at the 50th cycle while the LiCoO2 cathode in the MOILE with 5 wt.% SN showed a decrease in specific capacity of only 14%. The addition of 5 wt.% SN to the MOILE with a SnO2/C composite-fiber anode resulted in improved cycling performance and rate capability of the SnO2/C composite-membrane anode in lithium anode half-cells. Based on the results reported in this work, a new avenue and promising outcome for the future use of MOILEs with SN in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) can be opened.

Two-dimensional ZnS@N-doped carbon nanoplates for complete lithium ion batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng jiang ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Yibo Zeng ◽  
Yanli Chen ◽  
Hang Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Electronic Conductivity ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Cycling Stability ◽  
Electrochemical Kinetics ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Wurtzite Phase ◽  
Good Cycling Stability ◽  
Charge Discharge

Abstract Metal sulfides are attractive anode materials for lithium ion batteries due to the high specific capacities and better electrochemical kinetics comparing to their oxide counterparts. In this paper, novel monocrystalline wurtzite ZnS@N-doped carbon (ZnS@N-C) nanoplates, whose morphology and phase are different from the common ZnS particles with cubic phase, are successfully synthesized. The ZnS@N-C nanoplates exhibit good cycling stability with a high reversible specific capacity of 536.8 mAh∙g-1 after 500 cycles at a current density of 500 mA∙g-1, which is superior to the pure ZnS nanoplates, illustrating the obvious effect of the N-doped carbon coating for alleviating volume change of the ZnS nanoplates and enhancing the electronic conductivity during charge/discharge processes. Furthermore, it is revealed that the ZnS single crystals with wurtzite phase in the ZnS@N-C nanoplates are transformed to the polycrystalline cubic phase ZnS after charge/discharge processes. In particular, the ZnS@N-C nanoplates are combined with the commercial LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode to fabricate a new type of LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2/ZnS@N-C complete battery, which exhibits good cycling stability up to 120 cycles at 1C rate after the prelithiation treatment on the ZnS@N-C anode, highlighting the potential of the ZnS@N-C nanoplates as an anode material for lithium ion battery.

Low-temperature reduction–pyrolysis–catalysis synthesis of carbon nanospheres for lithium-ion batteries

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (68) ◽  
pp. 55474-55477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingqing Dong ◽  
Xufeng Yan ◽  
Kui Cheng ◽  
Wenjian Weng ◽  
Weiqiang Han
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Carbon Nanospheres ◽  
Capacity Retention ◽  
Charge Capacity ◽  
High Specific Capacity ◽  
Charge Discharge ◽  
Catalysis Process

Carbon nanospheres synthesized using a reduction–pyrolysis–catalysis process at low temperature (160 °C) show a high specific capacity of 719 mA h g−1 at a rate of 0.2 A g−1 (98.5% charge capacity retention) after 100 charge–discharge cycles.

Synthesis and Characteristics of NiS for Cathode of Lithium Ion Batteries

2011 ◽  
Vol 236-238 ◽  
pp. 694-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Zhi Zhu ◽  
En Shan Han ◽  
Ji Lin Cao
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Electrochemical Properties ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Hydrothermal Process ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Hydrothermal Route ◽  
Charge Discharge ◽  
Sem Analyses

NiS was synthesized were prepared by hydrothermal and mechanical alloying routes, respectively, and their microstructures as well as physical and electrochemical properties have been characterized and compared. Based on XRD and SEM analyses, the NiS crystallites with nanoplate structure formed directly during a hydrothermal process. Compared with the mechanical alloying route, the hydrothermal route led to better dispersed nanoparticles with a narrower size distribution. And the electrochemical properties of the materials were characterized by charge-discharge testing and Cyclic-voltammetry. NiS were prepared by hydrothermal show proper cycling properties, its first discharge specific capacity was 584.6mAh/g.

scholarly journals Advances in the Applications of Graphene-Based Nanocomposites in Clean Energy Materials

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Yiqiu Xiang ◽  
Ling Xin ◽  
Jiwei Hu ◽  
Caifang Li ◽  
Jimei Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Energy Storage And Conversion ◽  
Thermoelectric Conversion

Extensive use of fossil fuels can lead to energy depletion and serious environmental pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to solve these problems by developing clean energy. Graphene materials own the advantages of high electrocatalytic activity, high conductivity, excellent mechanical strength, strong flexibility, large specific surface area and light weight, thus giving the potential to store electric charge, ions or hydrogen. Graphene-based nanocomposites have become new research hotspots in the field of energy storage and conversion, such as in fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, solar cells and thermoelectric conversion. Graphene as a catalyst carrier of hydrogen fuel cells has been further modified to obtain higher and more uniform metal dispersion, hence improving the electrocatalyst activity. Moreover, it can complement the network of electroactive materials to buffer the change of electrode volume and prevent the breakage and aggregation of electrode materials, and graphene oxide is also used as a cheap and sustainable proton exchange membrane. In lithium-ion batteries, substituting heteroatoms for carbon atoms in graphene composite electrodes can produce defects on the graphitized surface which have a good reversible specific capacity and increased energy and power densities. In solar cells, the performance of the interface and junction is enhanced by using a few layers of graphene-based composites and more electron-hole pairs are collected; therefore, the conversion efficiency is increased. Graphene has a high Seebeck coefficient, and therefore, it is a potential thermoelectric material. In this paper, we review the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, evaluation and properties of graphene-based composites and their practical applications in fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, solar cells and thermoelectric conversion.

scholarly journals Improvement of long-term cycling performance of high-nickel cathode materials by ZnO coating

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-220
Author(s):  
Fangfang Wang ◽  
Ruoyu Hong ◽  
Xuesong Lu ◽  
Huiyong Liu ◽  
Yuan Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Side Reaction ◽  
Chemical Route ◽  
High Nickel

Abstract The high-nickel cathode material of LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 (LNCA) has a prospective application for lithium-ion batteries due to the high capacity and low cost. However, the side reaction between the electrolyte and the electrode seriously affects the cycling stability of lithium-ion batteries. In this work, Ni2+ preoxidation and the optimization of calcination temperature were carried out to reduce the cation mixing of LNCA, and solid-phase Al-doping improved the uniformity of element distribution and the orderliness of the layered structure. In addition, the surface of LNCA was homogeneously modified with ZnO coating by a facile wet-chemical route. Compared to the pristine LNCA, the optimized ZnO-coated LNCA showed excellent electrochemical performance with the first discharge-specific capacity of 187.5 mA h g−1, and the capacity retention of 91.3% at 0.2C after 100 cycles. The experiment demonstrated that the improved electrochemical performance of ZnO-coated LNCA is assigned to the surface coating of ZnO which protects LNCA from being corroded by the electrolyte during cycling.

Voltage hysteresis of lithium ion batteries caused by mechanical stress

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 4721-4727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Lu ◽  
Yicheng Song ◽  
Qinglin Zhang ◽  
Jie Pan ◽  
Yang-Tse Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Mechanical Stress ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Voltage Hysteresis ◽  
Charge Discharge

The crucial role of mechanical stress in voltage hysteresis of lithium ion batteries in charge–discharge cycles is investigated theoretically and experimentally.

Cu2O Nanoparticles and Multi-Branched Nanowires as Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

NANO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (09) ◽  
pp. 1850103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Chen ◽  
Chunxin Yu ◽  
Xiaojiao Guo ◽  
Qinsong Bi ◽  
Muhammad Sajjad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Anode Materials ◽  
Hydrothermal Process ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Discharge Process ◽  
Electrochemical Cycling ◽  
One Step ◽  
Cu2o Nanoparticles ◽  
Enhanced Electrochemical Performance

Novelty Cu2O multi-branched nanowires and nanoparticles with size ranging from [Formula: see text]15[Formula: see text]nm to [Formula: see text]60[Formula: see text]nm have been synthesized by one-step hydrothermal process. These Cu2O nanostructures when used as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries exhibit the excellent electrochemical cycling stability and reduced polarization during the repeated charge/discharge process. The specific capacity of the Cu2O nanoparticles, multi-branched nanowires and microscale are maintained at 201.2[Formula: see text]mAh/g, 259.6[Formula: see text]mAh/g and 127.4[Formula: see text]mAh/g, respectively, under the current density of 0.1[Formula: see text]A/g after 50 cycles. The enhanced electrochemical performance of the Cu2O nanostructures compared with microscale counterpart can be attributed to the larger contact area between active Cu2O nanostructures/electrolyte interface, shorter diffusion length of Li[Formula: see text] within nanostructures and the improved stress release upon lithiation/delithiation.

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