scholarly journals Enhanced Electrochemical Performance Promoted by Tin in Silica Anode Materials for Stable and High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1071
Author(s):  
Xuli Ding ◽  
Daowei Liang ◽  
Hongda Zhao

Although the silicon oxide (SiO2) as an anode material shows potential and promise for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), owing to its high capacity, low cost, abundance, and safety, severe capacity decay and sluggish charge transfer during the discharge–charge process has caused a serious challenge for available applications. Herein, a novel 3D porous silicon oxide@Pourous Carbon@Tin (SiO2@Pc@Sn) composite anode material was firstly designed and synthesized by freeze-drying and thermal-melting self-assembly, in which SiO2 microparticles were encapsulated in the porous carbon as well as Sn nanoballs being uniformly dispersed in the SiO2@Pc-like sesame seeds, effectively constructing a robust and conductive 3D porous Jujube cake-like architecture that is beneficial for fast ion transfer and high structural stability. Such a SiO2@Pc@Sn micro-nano hierarchical structure as a LIBs anode exhibits a large reversible specific capacity ~520 mAh·g−1, initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) ~52%, outstanding rate capability, and excellent cycling stability over 100 cycles. Furthermore, the phase evolution and underlying electrochemical mechanism during the charge–discharge process were further uncovered by cyclic voltammetry (CV) investigation.

Author(s):  
Guangfeng Shi ◽  
Jiale Zhou ◽  
Rong Zeng ◽  
Bing Na ◽  
Shufen Zou

Abstract Porous structures in anode materials are of importance to accommodate volume dilation of active matters. In the present case, a carbon nanoporous framework is hydrothermally synthesized from glucose in the presence of graphene oxide (GO), together with in situ active Fe3O4 nanoparticles within it. The composite anode material has outstanding electrochemical performance, including high specific capacity, excellent cyclic stability and superior rate capability. The specific capacity stays at 830.8 mAhg−1 after 200 cycles at 1 A/g, equivalent to a high capacity retention of 88.7%. The findings provide valuable clues to tailor morphology of hydrothermally carbonized glucose for advanced composite anode materials of lithium-ion batteries.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Yi Lin ◽  
Chien-Te Hsieh ◽  
Ruey-Shin Juang

ABSTRACTAn efficient microwave-assisted polyol (MP) approach is report to prepare SnO2/graphene hybrid as an anode material for lithium ion batteries. The key factor to this MP method is to start with uniform graphene oxide (GO) suspension, in which a large amount of surface oxygenate groups ensures homogeneous distribution of the SnO2 nanoparticles onto the GO sheets under the microwave irradiation. The period for the microwave heating only takes 10 min. The obtained SnO2/graphene hybrid anode possesses a reversible capacity of 967 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C and a high Coulombic efficiency of 80.5% at the first cycle. The cycling performance and the rate capability of the hybrid anode are enhanced in comparison with that of the bare graphene anode. This improvement of electrochemical performance can be attributed to the formation of a 3-dimensional framework. Accordingly, this study provides an economical MP route for the fabrication of SnO2/graphene hybrid as an anode material for high-performance Li-ion batteries.


Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 5812-5816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyun Liu ◽  
Xirong Lin ◽  
Tianli Han ◽  
Qianqian Lu ◽  
Jiawei Long ◽  
...  

Metallic germanium (Ge) as the anode can deliver a high specific capacity and high rate capability in lithium ion batteries.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 6392-6401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bangjun Guo ◽  
Ke Yu ◽  
Hao Fu ◽  
Qiqi Hua ◽  
Ruijuan Qi ◽  
...  

Firework-shaped TiO2 microspheres embedded with few-layer MoS2 are prepared by a novel strategy, and the composite electrode exhibits excellent cycling performance, high capacity and rate capability compared to pure MoS2 and TiO2 electrodes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (16) ◽  
pp. 8683-8692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingyun Guo ◽  
Qiang Ru ◽  
Xiong Song ◽  
Shejun Hu ◽  
Yudi Mo

The as-prepared pineapple-shaped ZCO with a porous nanostructure shows a high specific capacity, superior rate capability and excellent cycling stability when used as an anode material for LIBs.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (38) ◽  
pp. 16746-16751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peixun Xiong ◽  
Guojin Zeng ◽  
Lingxing Zeng ◽  
Mingdeng Wei

Prussian blue analogues, Mn[Fe(CN)6]0.6667·nH2O cubes, were synthesized and exhibited a large capacity, good rate capability and cycling stability with a high Coulombic efficiency for Li-ion intercalation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 2035-2038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Li ◽  
Xiaoshi Hu ◽  
Xiaobing Lou ◽  
Qun Chen ◽  
Bingwen Hu

Bimetallic coordination polymers (BiCPs) with Zn and Co were synthesized by a simple method and applied as anode materials for the first time. When used as anode materials in LIBs, the as-prepared BiCPs exhibit ultra-high capacity and impressive rate capability.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Phadatare ◽  
Rohan Patil ◽  
Nicklas Blomquist ◽  
Sven Forsberg ◽  
Jonas Örtegren ◽  
...  

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.


2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 044309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyu Zhang ◽  
Yueyuan Xia ◽  
Hongxia Bu ◽  
Xiaopeng Wang ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (43) ◽  
pp. 21722-21732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duc Tung Ngo ◽  
Hang T. T. Le ◽  
Ramchandra S. Kalubarme ◽  
Jae-Young Lee ◽  
Choong-Nyeon Park ◽  
...  

Germanium oxide (GeO2), which possesses great potential as a high-capacity anode material for lithium ion batteries, has suffered from its poor capacity retention and rate capability due to significant volume changes during lithiation and delithiation.


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