A New Method for Preparing Electrospinning-Derived Carbon Nanofiber Webs with Electrodeposited Sn-Sb Alloy as an Anode Material of Lithium Ion Batteries

2012 ◽  
Vol 706-709 ◽  
pp. 1023-1028
Author(s):  
A.R. Saatchi ◽  
E. Ghanbari ◽  
A. Saatchi ◽  
K. Raeissi ◽  
H. Tavanai ◽  
...  

Electrospinning is a straightforward and low cost method for producing carbon nanofiber (CNF) webs that have interrelated pores with high surface area. The process begins with electrospinning of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) on a Cu target collector. In current production methods, the PAN nanofiber web is taken off from the collector. But in order to omit extra stages of taking off the web from a conductive collector and later putting it back on, we will try to keep the web remained on the Cu collector plate through the carbonizing heat treatment and the electrodeposition, to later use the plate as the current collector of a LIB anode. This facilitates the handling of CNFs throughout the entire process that is now much more suitable for commercialization. This unique structure is very suitable for anode materials (AMs) of Lithium Ion Batteries (LIBs). It improves the kinetics of charge/discharge cycles by reducing lithium transport paths, and creates more stable electrochemical performance by providing space for volume expansions of lithium insertions in charging cycles. CNF webs can be used as AMs, demonstrating these advantages over conventional carbonaceous materials that have long been used as the preferred choice-in spite of having a comparatively low theoretical capacity. In this study we use the CNF web as a template for electrodepositing Sn-Sb alloy, to create the mentioned structural characteristics in a coated layer of an alloy with a higher capacity. The resulting composite is shown to have a higher capacity than the substrate CNF and a good cycling performance.

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 2134-2137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongfei Sun ◽  
Juan Yang ◽  
Xingbin Yan

The novel hierarchically porous and nitrogen, sulfur-codoped graphene-like microspheres are constructed as the anode material for lithium ion batteries. High surface area and efficient heteroatom doping provide high capacity and enhanced cycling stability.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Flynn ◽  
Carl Schlaikjer

ABSTRACTLithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) has gained widespread interest as an electrolyte salt for lithium ion batteries because of its high conductivity, low cost, thermal stability, and adequate solubility in many organic solvents [1]. Cyclic voltammetric data taken on platinum [2] and carbon [3] indicate electrochemical stability over a wide potential range.We show that bis(oxalato)borate (BOB) can be reduced at about 1.75 volts anodic to lithium, by discharging electrolytes at low current density (0.1 mA/cm2) on high surface area carbon electrodes containing a mixture of acetylene and Ketjen carbon blacks. The evidence includes discharge profiles and 11B NMR data. The behavior of discharge plateaus indicates that BOB is reduced to a soluble species with electrolytic properties, and the appearance of a broad 11B NMR peak in the electrolyte indicates that the reduced species undergoes extensive exchange.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiale Chen ◽  
Xingmei Guo ◽  
Mingyue Gao ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Shangqing Sun ◽  
...  

Dual-confined porous Si@c-ZIF@carbon nanofibers (Si@c-ZIF@CNFs) are fabricated, possessing excellent antioxidant capacity, high surface area and abundant pores, which availably enhance conductivity, relieve volume expansion and facilitate electrolyte penetration during cycling....


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debabrata Chakraborty ◽  
Tapabrata Dam ◽  
Arindam Modak ◽  
Kamal K Pant ◽  
Bijan Krishna Chandra ◽  
...  

Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials show extraordinary performances in several frontier applications of energy research due to their well-defined crystalline porous architecture, high surface area and periodicity of the functional groups...


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-211
Author(s):  
Peng Peng ◽  
Jiewei Chen ◽  
Kai Niu ◽  
Zhuohai Liu ◽  
Hao Huang ◽  
...  

A novel strategy for structural design of current-collector-free lithium ion batteries (LIBs) has been proposed, MoO3/CNTs loading on the single side of a separator by a simple spin-coating method. LIBs with such a MoO3-based composite separator eliminate the need for metal current collectors and exhibit an extra high specific capacity (0.2C, ∼1200 mA h g–1). Faster ion transport and lower charge transfer resistance (Rct) of the composite separator were proved compared with the traditional MoO3-based electrode, which results in the increased special capacity. In addition, the pseudocapacitive effect caused by vacancies and narrow interval in the MoO3/CNTs materials also contributes to the high specific capacity of the batteries. The highly efficient ion and electron transport ability of the composite separator were proved in this study, and such a novel design strategy would be an alternative for low-cost LIBs.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junfan Zhang ◽  
Taizhe Tan ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Ning Liu

ZnO is a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs); however, its practical application is hindered primarily by its large volume variation upon lithiation. To overcome this drawback, we synthesized ZnO/graphene composites using the combination of a simple hydrothermal reaction and spray drying. These composites consisted of well-dispersed ZnO nanorods anchored to graphene. The folded three-dimensional graphene spheres provided a high conductivity, high surface area, and abundant defects. LIB with an anode composed of our novel ZnO/graphene material demonstrated a high initial discharge capacity of 1583 mAh g−1 at 200 mA g−1.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (62) ◽  
pp. 57009-57012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Wu ◽  
Jing Ye ◽  
Lie Chen ◽  
Yongzheng Wang ◽  
Kai Fang ◽  
...  

As an advanced anode material for lithium ions batteries, crystalline mesoporous γ-Fe2O3 with a high surface area was prepared by a novel solvent-free route.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1773 ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle L. Proffit ◽  
Albert L. Lipson ◽  
Baofei Pan ◽  
Sang-Don Han ◽  
Timothy T. Fister ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe need for higher energy density batteries has spawned recent renewed interest in alternatives to lithium ion batteries, including multivalent chemistries that theoretically can provide twice the volumetric capacity if two electrons can be transferred per intercalating ion. Initial investigations of these chemistries have been limited to date by the lack of understanding of the compatibility between intercalation electrode materials, electrolytes, and current collectors. This work describes the utilization of hybrid cells to evaluate multivalent cathodes, consisting of high surface area carbon anodes and multivalent nonaqueous electrolytes that are compatible with oxide intercalation electrodes. In particular, electrolyte and current collector compatibility was investigated, and it was found that the carbon and active material play an important role in determining the compatibility of PF6-based multivalent electrolytes with carbon-based current collectors. Through the exploration of electrolytes that are compatible with the cathode, new cell chemistries and configurations can be developed, including a magnesium-ion battery with two intercalation host electrodes, which may expand the known Mg-based systems beyond the present state of the art sulfide-based cathodes with organohalide-magnesium based electrolytes.


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