Nanostructured TiO2 as anode material for magnesium-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - The nanotubular structure of titanium dioxide (TiO2) is most suitable for creating high-performance energy storage and conversion devices. This paper...     

Nanostructured Mn-based oxides as high-performance cathodes for next generation Li-ion batteries

Mn-based oxides have been regarded as a promising family of cathode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries,but the practical applications have bee...     

Si/Ti_xSi_y复合物的合成及其锂离子电池负极性能研究

通过机械球磨和高温热处理合成得到Si和Ti_xSi_y纳米颗粒复合物Si/Ti_xSi_y,并对该化合物进行X射线能谱(EDX)、X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)表征.合成的Si/Ti_xSi_y和机械球磨的Si/TiO_2都被用于锂离子电池的负极材料,Si/Ti_xSi_y表现出优越的充放电性能、较好的循环稳定性和倍率性能.     

Facile hydrothermal construction of Nb_2CT_x/Nb_2O_5 as a hybrid anode material for high-performance Li-ion batteries

Herein,a simple yet efficient hydrothermal strategy is developed to in-situ convert multi-layered niobium-based MXene(Nb₂ CT_x) to hierarchical Nb2 CTx/Nb₂O₅ composite.In the hybrid,the Nb₂O₅ nanorods are well dispersed in and/or on the Nb₂ CTx.Thanks to the synergetic contributions from the high capacity of Nb₂O₅ and superb electrical conductivity of the two-dimensional Nb₂ CT_x     

Enhanced performance of SiO/Fe2O3 composite as an anode for rechargeable Li-ion batteries

Iron oxide (Fe₂O₃) was utilized to enhance the electrochemical properties of SiO as a promising anode for Li-ion batteries. An SiO/Fe₂O₃ composite, composed of SiO coated with Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles, was synthesized by mechanical milling and characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The electrochemical properties of the SiO/Fe₂O₃ composite, SiO, and mechanically milled SiO as anodes for Li-ion batteries were then investigated. The SiO/Fe₂O₃ composite showed superior performance compared with the two Fe₂O₃-free SiO samples, including an increased initial coulombic efficiency, enhanced rate capability, and better capacity retention.     

Hexagonal hollow mesoporous TiO2/carbon composite as an advanced anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Exploring the fast-charge anodes is crucial to meet the needs of lithium-ion battery (LIB) markets. Here, a hollow hexagonal mesoporous TiO2/carbon...     

TiO2@SnO2@TiO2 triple-shell nanotube anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - TiO2@SnO2@TiO2 triple-shell nanotubes are fabricated using electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber template and plasma-enhanced atomic layer...     

Cerium vanadate/carbon nanotube hybrid composite nanostructures as a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries

The pristine CeVO4 and CeVO4/CNT hybrid composite nanostructured samples were facilely synthesized using a simple silicone oil-bath method.From the X-ray diffra...     

Electrochemical reaction mechanism of porous Zn2Ti3O8 as a high-performance pseudocapacitive anode for Li-ion batteries

Zn₂Ti₃O₈, as a new type of anode material for lithium-ion batteries, is attracting enormous attention because of its low cost and excellent safety. Though decent capacities have been reported, the electrochemical reaction mechanism of Zn₂Ti₃O₈ has rarely been studied. In this work, a porous Zn₂Ti₃O₈ anode with considerably high capacity (421 mAh/g at 100 mA/g and 209 mAh/g at 5000 mA/g after 1500 cycles) was reported, which is even higher than ever reported titanium-based anodes materials including Li₄Ti₅O₁₂, TiO₂ and Li₂ZnTi₃O₈. Here, for the first time, the accurate theoretical capacity of Zn₂Ti₃O₈ was confirmed to be 266.4 mAh/g. It was also found that both intercalation reaction and pseudocapacitance contribute to the actual capacity of Zn₂Ti₃O₈, making it possibly higher than the theoretical value. Most importantly, the porous structure of Zn₂Ti₃O₈ not only promotes the intercalation reaction, but also induces high pseudocapacitance capacity (225.4 mAh/g), which boosts the reversible capacity. Therefore, it is the outstanding pseudocapacitance capacity of porous Zn₂Ti₃O₈ that accounts for high actual capacity exceeding the theoretical one. This work elucidates the superiorities of porous structure and provides an example in designing high-performance electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.     

The effect of carbon coating on graphite@nano-Si composite as anode materials for Li-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - The graphite@nano-Si@C composite was prepared by a designed hot reactor with stirring function by coating pitch carbon on the surface of graphite@nano-Si...     

Co3O4/NiO/C composites derived from zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) as high-performance anode materials for Li-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In this paper, Co3O4/NiO/C composites were prepared by in situ co-precipitation and heat treatment with Zn/Co-ZIF-derived N-doped porous carbon as carbon...     

Porous Si/C composite as anode materials for high-performance rechargeable lithium-ion battery

A novel porous silicon was synthesized through a magnesiothermic reduction method of molecular sieve for the first time, the porous silicon was used as anode material, which shows a high initial specific capacity of 2018.5 mAh/g with current density of 0.1 A/g.     

Microemulsion-mediated sol-gel synthesis of mesoporous rutile TiO2 nanoneedles and its performance as anode material for Li-ion batteries

Mesoporous rutile TiO(2) nanoneedles have been successfully synthesized using a reverse microemulsion-mediated sol-gel method at room temperature. The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the Bruauner-Emmet-Teller (BET) adsorption method, and their electrochemical properties were investigated by galvanostatic charge and discharge tests. XRD observations revealed the formation of a pure rutile TiO(2) phase. Furthermore, TEM observation revealed the presence of a highly porous needle-like morphology. The electrochemical measurements show that the nanoneedles deliver an initial capacity of 305 mA h g(-1) as anode material for Li-ion batteries and sustain a capacity value of 128 mA h g(-1) beyond 15 cycles. The reported synthesis is simple, mild, energy efficient, and without postcalcination.     

Synthesis of FeS2/CoS heterostructure microspheres as anodes for high-performance Li-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - FeS2/CoS and FeS2/CoS/C composites were synthesized by solvothermal method and following vapor phase vulcanization at mild temperature with binary oxide...     

All boron-based 2D material as anode material in Li-ion batteries

To design the high-energy-density Li-ion batteries, the anode materials with high specific capacity have attracted much attention. In this work, we adopt the first principles calculations to investigate the possibility of a new two dimensional boron material, named BG, as anode material for Li-ion batteries. The calculated results show that the maximum theoretical specific capacity of B_G is 1653 m Ah g~(-1)(LiB1.5).Additionally, the energy barriers of Li ion and Li vacancy diffusion are 330 meV and 110 meV, respectively, which imply fast charge and discharge ability for BGas an anode material. The theoretical findings reported in this work suggest that BGis a potential candidate as anode material of high-energy-density Li-ion batteries.     

Goethite nanorods as anode electrode materials for rechargeable Li-ion batteries

Although various transition metal oxides have been reported to act as low potential Li insertion hosts, the oxyhydroxides have remained unexplored to date. We show here that the hydroxide ions present in transition metal oxyhydroxides do not interfere with the lithium uptake and extraction, permitting very good reversibility of the reduction/oxidation reactions. Goethite (α-FeOOH) nanocrystals can uptake and extract large amount of Li via the conversion reaction mechanism, providing a reversible capacity of 500 mA h g⁻¹ at an average potential of 0.85 V vs. Li/Li⁺. The mechanism was examined using a combination of X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and the corresponding selected area electron diffractions (SAEDs). The α-FeOOH is reduced into nanoparticles of metallic Fe⁰ embedded in an amorphous matrix of Li₂O and LiOH in the first discharge; the subsequent cyclings are redox reactions between metallic Fe⁰ and Fe₂O₃ clusters.     

Achieving high-performance Li2ZnTi3O8 anode for advanced Li-ion batteries by molybdenum doping

The Li₂ZnTi_3-xMo_xO₈ (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.15) anode materials are successfully synthesized through a simple solid-state method, and few Li₂MoO₄ phase can be found in Li₂ZnTi_3-xMo_xO₈ (x = 0.1 and 0.15). All samples are composed of nanocrystalline particles and irregular micron-sized particles with a relatively uniform particle size of 100–200 nm Li₂ZnTi_2.9Mo_0.1O₈ shows the best electrochemical properties among all samples. The Li₂ZnTi_2.9Mo_0.1O₈ delivers a charge/discharge capacity of 188.1/188.2 mA h/g at 1 A/g after 400 cycles, but the corresponding capacity of pristine Li₂ZnTi₃O₈ is only 104.5 (102.2) mA h/g. The Mo⁶⁺ doping enhances the reversible capacity, rate performance, and cycling stability of Li₂ZnTi₃O₈, especially at large current densities. The improved electrochemical performance of Li₂ZnTi_3-xMo_xO₈ can be ascribed to the enhanced electrical conductivity, improved intercalation/de-intercalation reversibility of Li ions, increased lithium-ion diffusion coefficients, and reduced charge-transfer resistance. This work provides an effective strategy to construct high-performance anode materials for advanced lithium-ion battery; this effective design strategy may be used to enhance the reversible specific capacity, and rate the performance and cycle stability of other insertion-host anode materials.     

Tin phosphide-carbon composite as a high-performance anode active material for sodium-ion batteries with high energy density

Tin phosphide(Sn₄P₃)is a promising anode material for sodium-ion batteries because of its relatively large theoretical capacity,appropriate Na⁺ alloying potential,and good cyclic stability.Herein,the Sn₄P₃ embedded into a carbon matrix with good rate performance and long cycle life is reported.The Sn₄P₃-C composite exhibits excellent rate performance(540 mAh g^-1 at 5 A g^-1)and the highest reversible capacity(844 mAh g^-1 at 0.5 A ^g-1)among Sn4P3-based anodes reported so far.Its reversible capacity is as high as 705 mAh g^-1 even after 100 cycles at 0.5 A g^-1.Besides,its initial Coulomb efficiency can reach 85.6%,with the average Coulomb efficiency exceeding 99.75%from the 3rd to 100th cycles.Na₂C₆O₆ is firstly used as a cathode when Sn₄P₃ acts as anode,and the Na-Sn₄P₃-C//Na₂C₆O₆ full cell shows excellent electrochemical performance.These results demonstrate that the Sn₄P₃-C composite prepared in this work displays high-rate capability and superior cyclic performance,and thus is a potential anode for sodium ion batteries.     

Fabrication of Sn–C composite electrodes by electrodeposition and their cycle performance for Li-ion batteries

To improve the cycle performance of the thick Sn electrode of 10 μm thickness, the Sn–C composite electrodes were fabricated by co-electrodeposition with two kinds of carbon particles which were the graphite and the acetylene black. The acetylene black particles were well dispersed in the Sn matrix more than the graphite particles. The carbon content in the Sn–C composite electrodes was measured about 12% of the graphite and 16% of the acetylene black particles. Even though carbon content of the Sn–acetylene black electrode was not significantly higher than that of the Sn–graphite electrode, the cycle performance of the Sn–acetylene black electrode was much higher than that of the Sn–graphite electrode. This demonstrates that the ‘buffering effects’ of well dispersed acetylene black particles was larger than that of the graphite particles. The cycle performance of the Sn–acetylene black electrode was significantly improved by the aging treatment.