Enhanced ionic conductivity in LAGP/LATP composite electrolyte

Nasicon materials(sodium superionic conductors) such as Li_(1.5)Al_(0.5)Ge_(1.5)(PO_4)_3(LAGP) and Li_(1.4)Al_(0.4)Ti_(1.6)(PO_4)_3(LATP) have been considered as important solid electrolytes due to their high ionic conductivity and chemical stability.Compared to LAGP, LATP has higher bulk conductivity around 10~(-3) S/cm at room temperature; however, the apparent grain boundary conductivity is almost two orders of magnitude lower than the bulk, while LAGP has similar bulk and grain boundary conductivity around the order of 10~(-4) S/cm. To make full use of the advantages of the two electrolytes, pure phase Li_(1.5)Al_(0.5)Ge_(1.5)(PO_4)_3 and Li_(1.4)Al_(0.4)Ti_(1.6)(PO_4)_3 were synthesized through solid state reaction, a series of composite electrolytes consisting of LAGP and LATP with different weight ratios were designed. XRD and variable temperature AC impedance spectra were carried out to clarify the crystal structure and the ion transport properties of the composite electrolytes. The results indicate that the composite electrolyte with the LATP/LAGP weight ratio of 80:20 achieved the highest bulk conductivity which shall be due to the formation of solid solution phase Li1.42 Al0.42 Ge0.3 Ti1.28(PO4)3, while the highest grain boundary conductivity appeared at the LATP/LAGP weight ratio of 20:80 which may be due to the excellent interfacial phase between Li_(1+x)Al_xGe_yTi_(2-x-y)(PO_4)_3/LATP. All the composite electrolytes demonstrated higher total conductivity than the pure LAGP and LATP, which highlights the importance of heterogeneous interface on regulating the ion transport properties.     

Tuning hybrid liquid/solid electrolytes by lowering Li salt concentration for lithium batteries

Hybrid liquid/solid electrolytes(HLSEs) consisting of conventional organic liquid electrolyte(LE), polyacrylonitrile(PAN), and ceramic lithium ion conductor Li_(1.5)Al_(0.5)Ge_(1.5)(PO_4)_3(LAGP) are proposed and investigated. The HLSE has a high ionic conductivity of over 2.25 × 10~(-3) S/cm at 25?C, and an extended electrochemical window of up to 4.8 V versus Li/Li+. The Li|HLSE|Li symmetric cells and Li|HLSE|Li FePO_4 cells exhibit small interfacial area specific resistances(ASRs) comparable to that of LE while much smaller than that of ceramic LAGP electrolyte, and excellent performance at room temperature. Bis(trifluoromethane sulfonimide) salt in HLSE significantly affects the properties and electrochemical behaviors. Side reactions can be effectively suppressed by lowering the concentration of Li salt. It is a feasible strategy for pursuing the high energy density batteries with higher safety.     

Ni掺杂对纳米结构牡丹花状CeO2材料催化特性的影响（英文）

制备了一种新型Ni掺杂多层纳米结构牡丹花状CeO2材料,研究了其催化性能,同时与Ni负载牡丹花状CeO2样品进行了比较.结果表明,Ni掺杂CeO2样品具有纳米晶粒和开放的介孔结构,特殊的形貌使其在CO氧化和甲烷部分氧化反应中具有独特的催化特性.Ni掺杂后,CeO2中产生了多余氧空位,同时其氧化还原活性也增强,其在CO氧化反应中的催化活性明显高于纯CeO2和Ni负载CeO2样品;在甲烷部分氧化反应中,牡丹花状CeO2负载3atm%Ni催化剂样品上甲烷转化率高于所有Ni掺杂的催化剂样品.但是在Ni负载型催化剂和花状CeO2催化剂上,甲烷的起始转化温度为400oC,而5.7atm%Ni的掺杂使其降至340oC.     

Temperature-Dependent Dynamic Properties of LixMn2O4 in Monte Carlo Simulations

Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are used to simulate the voltage profile and the ionic conductivity s of Li ions in LixMn2O4 and its dependence on the lithium concentration x. The open circuit potential shows clearly the two plateaus in the charge/discharge curve, which agrees well with the experimental results. The two plateaus become more and more steep when the temperature is increased. The simulated ionic conductivity shows an M-shaped curve in the plot of ionic conductivity cr versus x when the simulation temperature is low. Interestingly,the minimum valley, which lies at the middle single-phase area near x=0.5, disappears gradually when the temperature increases to 453K.     

树脂填充EVAL纤维吸附剂的制备及其吸附性能表征

采用具有亲水性的乙烯-乙烯醇共聚物(EVAL)作为纤维吸附剂基质材料,粉末型Lewatit阳离子交换树脂CNP80ws为功能材料,采用可控相分离方法,制备了不同表面形态结构的树脂填充EVAL吸附剂.当使用外部液体调控相分离过程时,在纤维的表面形成了粗糙的开孔结构,并且随树脂的填充量提高纤维表面的粗糙度与开孔度有所提高.研究结果表明:树脂填充EVAL纤维吸附剂具有较大的吸附容量与较高的脱附率,其吸附容量不低于53.9mg BSA/g吸附剂(树脂填充量50%).     

锂离子电池纳米材料研究

报道了作者最近在俚离子电池纳米材料方面的研究工作。包括纳米负极材料（如Ｓｂ,ＳｎＳｂ,ＣｕＳｎ及Ｓｉ）,纳米正极材料（如ＣｕＳ）合成,电化学性质,以及纳米材料的晶体结构与形貌在充放电过程中的变化等研究。此外还报道了具有纳米尺度阴离子的锂盐的聚合物电解质中的增塑作用以及纳米硅Ｒａｍａｎ光谱和光致发光谱受电化学锂掺杂的影响。最后对纳米材料的本征性质与其电化学性质的关系进行了讨论。并对其在锂离子电池中的     

Spinel lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12) as novel anode material for room-temperature sodium-ion battery

This is the first time that a novel anode material, spinel Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ which is well known as a “zero-strain” anode material for lithium storage, has been introduced for sodium-ion battery. The Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ shows an average Na storage voltage of about 1.0 V and a reversible capacity of about 145 mAh/g, thereby making it a promising anode for sodium-ion battery. E_x-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) is used to investigate the structure change in the Na insertion/deinsertion process. Based on this, a possible Na storage mechanism is proposed.     

A high-performance rechargeable Li–O_2 battery with quasi-solid-state electrolyte

A novel transparent and soft quasi-solid-state electrolyte(QSSE) was proposed and fabricated, which consists of ionic liquid(PYR_(14)TFSI) and nano-fumed silica. The QSSE demonstrates high ionic conductivity of 4.6×10~(-4) S/cm at room temperature and wide electrochemical stability window of over 5 V. The Li–O_2 battery using such quasi-solidstate electrolyte exhibits a low charge-discharge overpotential at the first cycle and excellent long-term cyclability over 500 cycles.     

Size effect of Si particles on the electrochemical performances of Si/C composite anodes

A series of Si/C composites were fabricated based on pitch and Si powders with particle sizes of 30, 100, 500, and3000 nm. The size effects of the Si particles in the Si/C composites were investigated for lithium-ion battery anodes. The nanoscale Si and Si/C composites exhibited good capacity retentions. Scanning electron microscopy showed that exterior and interior cracks emerging owing to volume expansion as well as parasitic reactions with the electrolyte could well explain the performance failure.     

Improved electrochemical performances of high voltage LiCoO_2 with tungsten doping

The effects of tungsten W doping and coating on the electrochemical performance of LiCoO_2 cathode are comparatively studied in this work. The amount of modification component is as low as 0.1 wt% and 0.3 wt% respectively. After 100 cycles between 3.0 V–4.6 V, 0.1 wt% W doping provides an optimized capacity retention of 72.3%. However, W coating deteriorates battery performance with capacity retention of 47.8%, even lower than bare LiCoO_2 of 55.7%. These different electrochemical performances can be attributed to the surface aggregation of W between doping and coating methods. W substitution is proved to be a promising method to develop high voltage cathodes. Practical performance relies on detailed synthesis method.