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Meng F, Zhang H, Xiong X, Li X, Wu R, Han Q, Qin B, Yuan B, Hu R. Revealing the Subzero-Temperature Electrochemical Kinetics Behaviors in Ni-Rich Cathode. Small 2024; 20:e2304806. [PMID: 37649194 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The sluggish kinetics in Ni-rich cathodes at subzero temperatures causes decreased specific capacity and poor rate capability, resulting in slow and unstable charge storage. So far, the driving force of this phenomenon remains a mystery. Herein, with the help of in-situ X-ray diffraction and time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry techniques, the continuous accumulation of both the cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) film formation and the incomplete structure evolution during cycling under subzero temperature are proposed. It is presented that excessively uniform and thick CEI film generated at subzero temperatures would block the diffusion of Li+ -ions, resulting in incomplete phase evolution and clear charge potential delay. The incomplete phase evolution throughout the Li+ -ion intercalation/de-intercalation processes would further cause low depth of discharge and poor electrochemical reversibility with low initial Coulombic efficiency, as well. In addition, the formation of the thick and uniform CEI film would also consume Li+ -ions during the charging process. This discovery highlights the effects of the CEI film formation behavior and incomplete phase evolution in restricting electrochemical kinetics under subzero temperatures, which the authors believe would promote the further application of the Ni-rich cathodes.
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- Fanbo Meng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Mater., South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Mater., South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Mater., South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Mater., South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
- Guangdong Jinsheng New Energy Co Ltd, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
- Guangdong Jinsheng New Energy Co Ltd, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
- Guangdong Jinsheng New Energy Co Ltd, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Mater., South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Mater., South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Province Wsaste Lithium Battery Clean Regeneration Engineering Technology Research Center, Zhaoqing, 526116, China
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Liu Y, Wan Q, Gong J, Liu Z, Tao G, Zhao J, Chen L, Li W, Wei X, Ni L, Song Y. Confine, Defect, and Interface Manipulation of Fe 3 Se 4 /3D Graphene Targeting Fast and Stable Potassium-Ion Storage. Small 2023; 19:e2206400. [PMID: 36504297 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The fast electrochemical kinetics behavior and long cycling life have been the goals in developing anode materials for potassium ion batteries (PIBs). On account of high electron conductivity and theoretical capacity, transition metal selenides have been deemed as one of the promising anode materials for PIBs. Herein, a systematic structural manipulation strategy, pertaining to the confine of Fe3 Se4 particles by 3D graphene and the dual phosphorus (P) doping to the Fe3 Se4 /3DG (DP-Fe3 Se4 /3DG), has been proposed to fulfill the efficient potassium-ion (K-ion) evolution kinetics and thus boost the K-ion storage performance. The theoretical calculation results demonstrate that the well-designed dual P doping interface can effectively promote K-ion adsorption behavior and provide a low energy barrier for K-ion diffusion. The insertion-conversion and adsorption mechanism for multi potassium storage behavior in DP-Fe3 Se4 /3DG composite has been also deciphered by combining the in situ/ex situ X-ray diffraction and operando Raman spectra evidences. As expected, the DP-Fe3 Se4 /3DG anode exhibits superior rate capability (120.2 mA h g-1 at 10 A g-1 ) and outstanding cycling performance (157.9 mA h g-1 after 1000 cycles at 5 A g-1 ).
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- Yu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Tianfu Institute of Research and Innovation, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, P. R. China
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Xu C, Ding B, Fan Z, Xu C, Xia Q, Li P, Dou H, Zhang X. Theoretical and Experimental Understanding of Metal Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Accelerating the Electrochemical Reaction of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:38750-38757. [PMID: 35976077 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Metal single-atom materials have attracted tremendous attention in the research field of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries because they can effectively improve the reaction kinetics of sulfur cathodes. However, it is still difficult to determine the best metal single-atom catalyst for Li-S batteries, due to the lack of a unified measurement and evaluation method. Herein, a series of metal single-atom- and nitrogen-doped graphene materials (M-NG, M = Fe, Co, Ni, Ir, Ru) have been prepared as the catalysts for promoting the reaction kinetics of the sulfur reduction reaction process. Using rotating disk electrode measurements and density functional theory-based theoretical calculations, Ni-NG was screened out to be the best catalyst. It is found that Ni-NG materials can provide a kinetically favorable pathway for the reversible conversion of polysulfide conversion, thus increasing the utilization of sulfur. By coating the Ni-NG materials on the separator as a multifunctional interlayer, a commercially available sulfur cathode presents a stable specific capacity of 701.8 mAh g-1 at a current rate of 0.5C over 400 cycles. Even with a high sulfur loading of 3.8 mg cm-2, a high areal capacity of 4.58 mAh cm-2 can be achieved. This work will provide a fundamental understanding of efficient single-atom catalyst materials for Li-S batteries.
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- Chong Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shenzhen 518000, China
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Cai L, Zhang Q, Mwizerwa JP, Wan H, Yang X, Xu X, Yao X. Highly Crystalline Layered VS 2 Nanosheets for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Enhanced Electrochemical Performances. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:10053-10063. [PMID: 29498503 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b18798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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All-solid-state lithium batteries employing inorganic solid electrolytes have been regarded as an ultimate solution to safety issues because of their features of no leakage as well as incombustibility and they are expected to achieve higher energy densities owing to their simplified structure. Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides exhibit a great potential in energy storage devices because of their unique physical and chemical characteristics. In this work, 50 nm thick highly crystalline layered VS2 (hc-VS2) nanosheets are prepared by a solvothermal method, and their electrochemical performances are evaluated in Li/75% Li2S-24% P2S5-1% P2O5/Li10GeP2S12/hc-VS2 all-solid-state lithium batteries. At 50 mA g-1, hc-VS2 nanosheets show a high reversible capacity of 532.2 mAh g-1 after 30 cycles. Moreover, stable discharge capacities are maintained at 436.8 and 270.4 mAh g-1 at 100 and 500 mA g-1 after 100 cycles, respectively. The superior rate capability and cycling stability are ascribed to the better electronic conductivity and well-developed layered structure. In addition, the electrochemical reaction kinetics and capacity contributions were analyzed via cyclic voltammetry measurements at different scan rates.
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- Liangting Cai
- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering , China Three Gorges University , 8 Daxue Road , Yichang , Hubei 443002 , P. R. China
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo , Zhejiang 315201 , P. R. China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo , Zhejiang 315201 , P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo , Zhejiang 315201 , P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo , Zhejiang 315201 , P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering , China Three Gorges University , 8 Daxue Road , Yichang , Hubei 443002 , P. R. China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo , Zhejiang 315201 , P. R. China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo , Zhejiang 315201 , P. R. China
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Hong J, Lee YW, Hou B, Ko W, Lee J, Pak S, Hong J, Morris SM, Cha S, Sohn JI, Kim JM. Solubility-Dependent NiMoO 4 Nanoarchitectures: Direct Correlation between Rationally Designed Structure and Electrochemical Pseudokinetics. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:35227-35234. [PMID: 27966876 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Tailoring the binary metal oxide along with developing new synthetic methods for controlling resultant nanostructures in a predictive way is an essential requirement for achieving the further improved electrochemical performance of pseudocapacitors. Here, through a rational design of the supersaturation-mediated driving force for hydrothermal nucleation and crystal growth, we successfully obtain one-dimensional (1-D) nickel molybdenum oxide (NiMoO4) nanostructures with controlled aspect ratios. The morphology of the 1-D NiMoO4 nanostructures can be tuned from a low to a high aspect ratio (over a range of diameter sizes from 80 to 800 nm). Such a controllable structure provides a platform for understanding the electrochemical relationships in terms of fast relaxation times and improved ion-diffusion coefficients. We show that the 1-D NiMoO4 electrode with a high aspect ratio (HAR) exhibits a much higher specific capacitance of 1335 F g-1 at a current density of 1 A g-1 compared to the other electrodes with a relatively low aspect ratio, which is due to the unique physical and chemical structure being suitable for electrochemical kinetics. We further demonstrate that an asymmetric supercapacitor consisting of the tailored HAR-NiMoO4 electrode can achieve an energy density of 40.7 Wh kg-1 and a power density of 16 kW kg-1.
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- John Hong
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Research Institute of Convergence of Basic Science, Novel Functional Materials and Device Laboratory, Department of Physics, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Research Institute of Convergence of Basic Science, Novel Functional Materials and Device Laboratory, Department of Physics, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Electrical Engineering Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge , 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom
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