具有三维导电网络结构的锡纳米颗粒/石墨烯纳米片复合电极材料的储镁性能研究

镁二次电池具有安全性高、价格低廉等优点,是一种具有潜在应用前景的高能量密度电池体系.目前,镁二次电池的研究重点之一是寻找合适的电极材料.最近,我们通过水热和热处理相结合的方法成功制备了具有三维导电网络结构的锡纳米颗粒/石墨烯纳米片复合电极材料.研究发现,在石墨烯的三维导电网络片层上,均匀分布了粒径小于100 nm的锡纳米颗粒.将锡纳米颗粒/石墨烯纳米片复合材料作为镁二次电池电极材料,当电流密度为15 mA·g^-1和300 mA·g^-1时,首次放电容量分别达到了545.4 mAh·g^-1和238.8 mAh·g^-1,经过150圈后,容量保持率达到了93%,库伦效率为99%,表现出了较高的电化学活性.研究还发现,镁离子嵌入复合材料中形成镁锡合金,当镁离子脱出后,再次形成锡纳米颗粒/石墨烯纳米片复合电极材料,镁离子的脱出和嵌入具有很高的可逆性.这对未来研究设计高性能镁离子电极材料具有十分重要的意义.     

Scientific and technological challenges toward application of lithium–sulfur batteries

Recent progress in improving Li–S batteries' cathodes, anodes, and electrolytes via different approaches is summarized. The poor conductivity of sulfur cathodes, the dissolution of polysulfide intermediates, and the high reactivity of metal Li anodes currently motivate a great deal of research. Urgent challenges concerning Li anodes are also emphasized.     

Size effects in lithium ion batteries

Size-related properties of novel lithium battery materials, arising from kinetics, thermodynamics, and newly discovered lithium storage mechanisms, are reviewed. Complementary experimental and computational investigations of the use of the size effects to modify electrodes and electrolytes for lithium ion batteries are enumerated and discussed together.Size differences in the materials in lithium ion batteries lead to a variety of exciting phenomena. Smaller-particle materials with highly connective interfaces and reduced diffusion paths exhibit higher rate performance than the corresponding bulk materials. The thermodynamics is also changed by the higher surface energy of smaller particles, affecting, for example,secondary surface reactions, lattice parameter, voltage, and the phase transformation mechanism. Newly discovered lithium storage mechanisms that result in superior storage capacity are also briefly highlighted.