Mn3O4多面体纳米晶体的制备及其电化学性能

通过对未加添加剂的醋酸锰-乙醇体系的一种简易的水基热解过程,制备了Mn3O4多面体纳米晶体。借助X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、傅里叶变换红外光谱法(FTIR)、拉曼光谱和X-射线光电子能谱(XPS)等对Mn3O4的结构和形貌进行了表征。提出了Mn3O4多面体纳米晶体的形成机理。循环伏安法(CV)测试结果表明,所制得的Mn3O4电极呈现良好的赝电容性能。在扫描速率为5 mV.s-1时,得到了Mn3O4的最大比电容值173 F.g-1。     

Probing component contributions and internal polarization in silicon-graphite composite anode for lithium-ion batteries with an electrochemical-mechanical model

Silicon-graphite (Si-Gr) composite anodes are attractive alternatives to replace Gr anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their relatively high capacity and mild volume change. However, it is difficult to understand electrochemical interactions of Si and Gr in Si-Gr composite anodes and internal polarization of LIBs with regular experiment methods. Herein, we establish an electrochemical-mechanical coupled model to study the effect of rate and Si content on the electrochemical and stress behavior in a Si-Gr composite anode. The results show that the composites of Si and Gr not only improve the lithiation kinetics of Gr but also alleviate the voltage hysteresis of Si and decrease the risk of lithium plating in the negative electrode. What's more, the Si content is a tradeoff between electrode capacity and electrode volume variation. Further, various internal polarization contributions of cells using Si-Gr composite anodes are quantified by the voltage decomposition method. The results indicate that the electrochemical polarization of electrode materials and the electrolyte ohmic over-potential are dominant factors in the rate performance of cells, which provides theoretical guidance for improving the rate performance of LIBs using Si-Gr composite anodes.