scholarly journals Encapsulating MoO2 Nanocrystals into Flexible Carbon Nanofibers via Electrospinning for High-Performance Lithium Storage

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Xinyu Zhang ◽  
Mingzhen Gao ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Xianbo Li

Design and synthesis of flexible and self-supporting electrode materials in high-performance lithium storage is significant for applications in the field of smart wearable devices. Herein, flexible carbon nanofiber membranes with uniformly distributed molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) nanocrystals are fabricated by a needlefree electrospinning method combined with the subsequent carbonization process, which exhibits outstanding structural stability under abrasion and deformation. The as-fabricated lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) exhibit a high discharge of 450 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles at 2000 mA g−1 by using the MoO2/C nanofiber membrane as the self-supporting anode. Further, the nanofibers structure remains intact after 500 cycles, which reflects the excellent stability of the materials. This study provides a simple and effective method for the preparation of MoO2/C nanofiber materials, which can not only maintain its excellent electrochemical and physical properties, but also easily realize large-scale production. It is undoubtedly beneficial for the development of flexible LIBs and smart wearable devices.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santanu Mukherjee ◽  
Shakir Bin Mujib ◽  
Davi Soares ◽  
Gurpreet Singh

Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are being billed as an economical and environmental alternative to lithium ion batteries (LIBs), especially for medium and large-scale stationery and grid storage. However, SIBs suffer from lower capacities, energy density and cycle life performance. Therefore, in order to be more efficient and feasible, novel high-performance electrodes for SIBs need to be developed and researched. This review aims to provide an exhaustive discussion about the state-of-the-art in novel high-performance anodes and cathodes being currently analyzed, and the variety of advantages they demonstrate in various critically important parameters, such as electronic conductivity, structural stability, cycle life, and reversibility.



2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Xing ◽  
Chunlai Huang ◽  
Yichen Deng ◽  
Yulong Zhao ◽  
Zhicheng Ju

A flexible strategy is to exploit encapsulating Si nanoparticles into N-doping carbon film (Si-NC) that can effectively localize the Si nanoparticles, thereby solving the problem of serious volume change during cycling as well as facilitating the fast diffusion of Li[Formula: see text], and thus achieving improved anode performance. A maximum capacity of 883.1[Formula: see text]mAh[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] at the current density of 100[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] after 50 charge and discharge processes is achieved for Si-NC. Even at a large current density of 2000[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text], a specific capacity of 415[Formula: see text]mAh[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] is maintained. Moreover, the charge capacity can still almost recover the initial capacity as the current density is reverted to 100[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text], indicating that Si-NC has a superior rate performance in lithium storage. This facile synthesis route provides a new perspective to produce Si/C composite at a low cost and large scale with good electrochemical performance.



2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zongkai Yue ◽  
Yaozu Kang ◽  
Tianyu Mao ◽  
Mengmeng Zhen ◽  
Zhiyong Wang

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been widely investigated as the electrode material for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), due to its low cost, small volume expansion, and high environmental friendliness. However, the fading capacity and short cycle life during the cycling process lead to poor cycling performance. Herein, multilayer TiO2 nanobelts with a high specific surface area and with many pores between nanoparticles are constructed via a simple and large-scale approach. Benefiting from the multilayer nanobelt structure, as-prepared TiO2 nanobelts deliver a high reversible capacity, strong cycling stability, and ultra-long cycle life (~185mAhg−1 at 500mAg−1 after 500 cycles) as electrode materials for LIBs.



Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (23) ◽  
pp. 5558
Author(s):  
Dimitra Vernardou ◽  
Charalampos Drosos ◽  
Andreas Kafizas ◽  
Martyn E. Pemble ◽  
Emmanouel Koudoumas

The need for clean and efficient energy storage has become the center of attention due to the eminent global energy crisis and growing ecological concerns. A key component in this effort is the ultra-high performance battery, which will play a major role in the energy industry. To meet the demands in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and large-scale energy storage systems, it is necessary to prepare advanced batteries with high safety, fast charge ratios, and discharge capabilities at a low cost. Cathode materials play a significant role in determining the performance of batteries. Among the possible electrode materials is vanadium pentoxide, which will be discussed in this review, due to its low cost and high theoretical capacity. Additionally, aqueous electrolytes, which are environmentally safe, provide an alternative approach compared to organic media for safe, cost-effective, and scalable energy storage. In this review, we will reveal the industrial potential of competitive methods to grow cathodes with excellent stability and enhanced electrochemical performance in aqueous media and lay the foundation for the large-scale production of electrode materials.



Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijun Liu ◽  
Ying He ◽  
Elif Vargun ◽  
Tomas Plachy ◽  
Petr Saha ◽  
...  

To improve Li storage capacity and the structural stability of Ti3C2 MXene-based electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), a facile strategy is developed to construct three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous Ti3C2/bimetal-organic framework (NiCo-MOF) nanoarchitectures as anodes for high-performance LIBs. 2D Ti3C2 nanosheets are coupled with NiCo-MOF nanoflakes induced by hydrogen bonds to form 3D Ti3C2/NiCo-MOF composite films through vacuum-assisted filtration technology. The morphology and electrochemical properties of Ti3C2/NiCo-MOF are influenced by the mass ratio of MOF to Ti3C2. Owing to the interconnected porous structures with a high specific surface area, rapid charge transfer process, and Li+ diffusion rate, the Ti3C2/NiCo-MOF-0.4 electrode delivers a high reversible capacity of 402 mAh g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 after 300 cycles; excellent rate performance (256 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1); and long-term stability with a capacity retention of 85.7% even after 400 cycles at a high current density, much higher than pristine Ti3C2 MXene. The results highlight that Ti3C2/NiCo-MOF have great potential in the development of high-performance energy storage devices.



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.



ChemSusChem ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1084-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitao Zhang ◽  
Xiong Zhang ◽  
Xianzhong Sun ◽  
Dacheng Zhang ◽  
He Lin ◽  
...  


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Mei ◽  
Yuanwen Zhang ◽  
Ting Liao ◽  
Ziqi Sun ◽  
Shi Xue Dou

Abstract 2D nanomaterials, including graphene, transition metal oxide (TMO) nanosheets, transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanosheets, etc., have offered an appealing and unprecedented opportunity for the development of high-performance electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Although significant progress has been made on 2D nanomaterials for LIB applications in the recent years, some major challenges still exist for the direct use of these sheet-like nanomaterials, such as their serious self-agglomerating tendency during electrode fabrication and low conductivity as well as the large volume changes over repeated charging–discharging cycles for most TMOs/TMDs, which have resulted in large irreversible capacity, low initial Coulombic efficiency and fast capacity fading. To address these issues, considerable progress has been made in the exploitation of 2D nanosheets for enhanced lithium storage. In this review, we intend to summarize the recent progress on the strategies for enhancing the lithium-storage performance of 2D nanomaterials, including hybridization with conductive materials, surface/edge functionalization and structural optimization. These strategies for manipulating the structures and properties of 2D nanomaterials are expected to meet the grand challenges for advanced nanomaterials in clean energy applications and thus provide access to exciting materials for achieving high-performance next-generation energy-storage devices.



2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (40) ◽  
pp. 22958-22966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenghui Shen ◽  
Shengzhao Zhang ◽  
Shengjue Deng ◽  
Guoxiang Pan ◽  
Yadong Wang ◽  
...  

Herein, we firstly proposed multidimensional titanium niobium oxides (1D/2D/3D-TNO) via a versatile bioinspired template method, which employed as high-performance anodes for both liquid and solid state lithium ion batteries



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