1
|
Carbon nanoparticle-entrapped macroporous Mn 3O 4 microsphere anodes with improved cycling stability for Li-ion batteries. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11992. [PMID: 35835846 PMCID: PMC9283411 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16383-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Manganese oxide (Mn3O4) has garnered substantial attention as a low-cost, environment-friendly anode material. It undergoes a conversion reaction involving the formation of Li2O and metallic Mn to provide high-energy Li-ion batteries. However, its low electrical conductivity and significant volume change reduce its capacity during the initial lithiation/delithiation, hindering its practical application. To improve the cycle performance, we propose a new composite structure wherein we entrap carbon nanoparticles in macroporous Mn3O4 microspheres with a unique maze-like porous interior. We fabricate the Mn3O4/C composites using a scalable two-step process involving the thermal decomposition of MnCO3 in water vapor and mixing in a carbon-dispersed solution. The fabricated Mn3O4/C composites with varying carbon contents exhibit a high maximum discharge capacity retention of 86% after 50 cycles, compared to the 18% given by bare Mn3O4. The entrapped carbon nanoparticles improve the cycle performance both electrochemically and physically. The microstructure of the composite particles and the fabrication process developed in this study will help improve the performance of other conversion-type anode materials that suffer from cycle degradation, including inexpensive transition metal oxides and sulfides.
Collapse
|
2
|
Kim H, Choi W, Yoon J, Lee E, Yoon WS. Polymorphic Effects on Electrochemical Performance of Conversion-Based MnO 2 Anode Materials for Next-Generation Li Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2006433. [PMID: 33705600 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202006433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
In this study, four different MnO2 polymorphs are synthesized with a controlled morphology of hollow porous structures to systematically investigate the influences of polymorphs in conversion-based material. As the structure of these materials transforms into nanosized metal and maintains an extremely low-crystalline phase during cell operation, the effects of polymorphs are overlooked as compared to the case of insertion-based materials. Thus, differences in the ion storage behaviors among various MnO2 polymorphs are not well identified. Herein, the structural changes, charge storage reaction, and electrochemical performance of the different MnO2 polymorphs are investigated in detail. The experimental results demonstrate that the charge storage reactions, as part of which spinel-phased MnO2 formation is observed after lithiation and delithiation instead of recovery of the original phases, are similar for all the samples. However, the electrochemical performance varies depending on the initial crystal structure. Among the four polymorphs, the spinel-type λ-MnO2 delivers the highest reversible capacity of ≈1270 mAh g-1 . The structural similarity between the cycled and pristine states of λ-MnO2 induces faster kinetics, resulting in the better electrochemical performance. These findings suggest that polymorphs are another important factor to consider when designing high-performance materials for next-generation rechargeable batteries.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hyunwoo Kim
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, South Korea
| | - Woosung Choi
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, South Korea
| | - Jaesang Yoon
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, South Korea
| | - Eunkang Lee
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, South Korea
| | - Won-Sub Yoon
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, South Korea
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Yu HF, Xin R, Luo H, Huo JC, Zhong GQ. Structure, morphology and capacitance characteristics of Mn2(OH)3Cl obtained by the controlled droplet rate precipitation. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2021.121994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
|
4
|
Haider W, Tahir M, He L, Mirza HA, Zhu R, Han Y, Mai L. Structural Engineering and Coupling of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Compounds for Micro-Supercapacitor Electrodes. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1901-1915. [PMID: 33274269 PMCID: PMC7706078 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The development of portable, wearable, and miniaturized integrated electronics has significantly promoted the immense desire for planar micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) among the extremely competitive energy storage devices. However, their energy density is still insufficient owing to the low electrochemical performance of conventional electrode materials. Compared with their bulk counterparts, the large specific surface area and fast ion transport with efficient intercalation of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal compounds have spurred the research platforms for their exploitation in the creation of high-performance MSCs. This Outlook presents a systematic summary of cutting-edge research on atomically thin, layered structures of transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes, and transition metal oxides/hydroxides. Special emphasis is given to the rapid and durable storage of ions, benefiting from the low ion diffusion barriers of host interlayer spaces. Moreover, various strategies have been described to circumvent the structural damage due to the volume change and simultaneously evincing remarkable electronic properties.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Waqas
Ali Haider
- State
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and
Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
| | - Muhammad Tahir
- State
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and
Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
| | - Liang He
- State
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and
Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
| | - H. A. Mirza
- Department
of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, M3J 1P3 Ontario, Canada
| | - Ruiqi Zhu
- State
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and
Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
| | - Yulai Han
- School
of New Materials and New Energies, Shenzhen
Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
| | - Liqiang Mai
- State
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and
Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Foshan
Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong
Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, China
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Mao W, Yue W, Xu Z, Wang J, Zhang J, Li D, Zhang B, Yang S, Dai K, Liu G, Ai G. Novel Hoberman Sphere Design for Interlaced Mn 3O 4@CNT Architecture with Atomic Layer Deposition-Coated TiO 2 Overlayer as Advanced Anodes in Li-Ion Battery. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:39282-39292. [PMID: 32805903 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The Hoberman sphere is a stable and stretchable spatial structure with a unique design concept, which can be taken as the ideal prototype of the internal mechanical/conductive skeleton for the anode with large volume change. Herein, Mn3O4 nanoparticles are interlaced with a Hoberman sphere-like interconnected carbon nanotube (CNT) network via a facile self-assembly strategy in which Mn3O4 can "locally expand" in the CNT network, limit the volume expansion to the interior space, and maintain a stable outer surface of the hybrid particle. Furthermore, an ultrathin uniform ALD-coated TiO2 shell is adopted to stabilize the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), provide high electron conductivity and lithium ion (Li+) diffusivity with lithiated LixTiO2, and enhance the reaction kinetics of the Mn3O4 by an "electron-density enhancement effect". With this design, the Mn3O4@CNT/TiO2 exhibits a high capacity of 1064 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1, a stable cycling stability over 200 cycles, a superior rate capability, and a commercial-level areal capacity of 4.9 mAh cm-2. In this way, a novel electrode design strategy is achieved by the Hoberman sphere-like CNT design along with the in situ porous formation, which can not only achieve a high-performance anode for LIBs but also can be widely adapted in a variety of advanced electrode materials for alkali metal ion batteries.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wenfeng Mao
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
| | - Wei Yue
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Zijia Xu
- Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Jin Wang
- Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Jingbo Zhang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Dejun Li
- Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Bo Zhang
- Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Shaohua Yang
- Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application of Electronic Component Laboratory, No. 5 Electronic Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Guangzhou 510610, China
| | - Kehua Dai
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
| | - Gao Liu
- Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Guo Ai
- Tianjin International Joint Research Centre of Surface Technology for Energy Storage Materials, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
- Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application of Electronic Component Laboratory, No. 5 Electronic Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Guangzhou 510610, China
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Xu L, Xiong P, Zeng L, Liu R, Liu J, Luo F, Li X, Chen Q, Wei M, Qian Q. Facile fabrication of a vanadium nitride/carbon fiber composite for half/full sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries with long-term cycling performance. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:10693-10702. [PMID: 32374315 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10211f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Vanadium-based composite anodes have been designed for applications in alkali metal ion batteries, including lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) and potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). However, the problems of inferior long-term cycling stability caused by the large volume change and dissolution of vanadium-based active materials during cycles and slow diffusion for large radii of Na+ and K+ still limit their underlying capability and need to be addressed. In the present work, we initially designed and fabricated a vanadium nitride/carbon fiber (VN/CNF) composite via a facile electrospinning method followed by the ammonization process. The obtained VN/CNF composite anode exhibited excellent half/full sodium and potassium storage performance. When used as an anode material for SIBs, it delivered a high capacity of 403 mA h g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 100 cycles and as large as 237 mA h g-1 at 2 A g-1 even after 4000 cycles with negligible capacity fading. More importantly, the VN/CNFs//Na3V2(PO4)3 full cell by coupling the VN/CNF composite anode with the Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) cathode also exhibited a desirable capacity of 257 mA h g-1 at 500 mA g-1 after 50 cycles. Besides, when further evaluated as an anode for PIBs, the VN/CNF composite anode achieved a large capacity of 266 mA h g-1 after 200 cycles at 0.1 A g-1 and maintained a stable capacity of 152 mA h g-1 at 1 A g-1 even after 1000 cycles, showing significant long-term cycling stability. This is one of the best performances of vanadium-based anode materials for SIBs and PIBs reported so far.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lihong Xu
- Engineering Research Center of Polymer Green Recycling of Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
7
|
Nithya C, Vishnuprakash P, Gopukumar S. A Mn 3O 4 nanospheres@rGO architecture with capacitive effects on high potassium storage capability. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:4347-4358. [PMID: 36134420 PMCID: PMC9417849 DOI: 10.1039/c9na00425d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
A two dimensional (2D) Mn3O4@rGO architecture has been investigated as an anode material for potassium-ion secondary batteries. Herein, we report the synthesis of a Mn3O4@rGO nanocomposite and its potassium storage properties. The strong synergistic interaction between high surface area reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets and Mn3O4 nanospheres not only enhances the potassium storage capacity but also improves the reaction kinetics by offering an increased electrode/electrolyte contact area and consequently reduces the ion/electron transport resistance. Spherical Mn3O4 nanospheres with a size of 30-60 nm anchored on the surface of rGO sheets deliver a high potassium storage capacity of 802 mA h g-1 at a current density of 0.1 A g-1 along with superior rate capability even at 10 A g-1 (delivers 95 mA h g-1) and cycling stability. A reversible potassium storage capacity of 635 mA h g-1 is retained (90%) after 500 cycles even at a high current density of 0.5 A g-1. Moreover, the spherical Mn3O4@rGO architecture not only offers facile potassium ion diffusion into the bulk but also contributes surface K+ ion storage. The obtained results demonstrate that the 2D spherical Mn3O4@rGO nanocomposite is a promising anode architecture for high performance KIBs.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chandrasekaran Nithya
- Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women Coimbatore-641 004 India
| | - Palanivelu Vishnuprakash
- Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli-620015 India
| | - Sukumaran Gopukumar
- CSIR-Network Institute of Solar Energy, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi India 630 006
| |
Collapse
|