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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pengcheng Liu, Hongchang Hao, Hugo Celio, Jinlei Cui, Muqing Ren, Yixian Wang, Hui Dong, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury, Tanya Hutter, Frederic A. Perras, Jagjit Nanda, John Watt, David Mitlin
Summary: This study presents a multifunctional separator for potassium-metal batteries, utilizing tape-cast microscale AlF3 coated on polypropylene. The novel separator demonstrates excellent electrochemical performance, stability, and capacity retention in experiments.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Susmi Anna Thomas, Mohan Reddy Pallavolu, Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Jayesh Cherusseri
Summary: Two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is similar to graphene and has attracted great interest in electrochemical energy storage. It has unique features such as nitrogen-rich environment, abundant resources, good electronic conductivity, excellent physicochemical stability, fascinating electrochemical stability, and environmental friendliness, making it a promising electrode candidate for high-performance rechargeable batteries. The 2D g-C3N4 electrodes exhibit excellent electrochemical performance in terms of high capacity, high energy density, and long cycle life, which are beneficial for metal-ion batteries. In addition, the large surface area, porous architecture, and thin-layer structural features of these materials are favorable for high performance in metal air batteries.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2023)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Shuhao Tian, Di Wang, Zhe Liu, Guo Liu, Qi Zeng, Xiao Sun, Hongcen Yang, Cong Han, Kun Tao, Shanglong Peng
Summary: The study found that stabilizing nanosized CoS2 particles on an alkali-treated conductive network can enhance the specific capacity, electronic conductivity, and ionic diffusivity of lithium-ion batteries. The Ti3C2/CoS2 composite material showed high cycle stability under high current density and low electrolyte/active material ratio conditions.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Zongle Huang, Wenting Sun, Zhipeng Sun, Rui Ding, Xuebin Wang
Summary: With the increasing demand for electrochemical energy storage, commercial lithium-ion and metal battery systems have been developed. The separator, an essential component of batteries, plays a crucial role in determining their electrochemical performance. However, conventional polymer separators have limitations that hinder the development of electric vehicle power batteries. Advanced graphene-based materials have emerged as a solution to these challenges. Incorporating advanced graphene-based materials into the separator of batteries can overcome these issues and enhance their capacity, stability, and safety. This review provides an overview of the preparation and applications of graphene-based materials in different types of batteries, and outlines future research directions in this field.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Junxin Chen, Zhe Huang, Weihao Zeng, Jingjing Ma, Fei Cao, Tingting Wang, Weixi Tian, Shichun Mu
Summary: Surface modification and Co doping can effectively suppress Li/Ni mixing and improve the electrochemical performance of cathode materials.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Pengcheng Mao, Huilin Fan, Guangyu Zhou, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Chang Liu, Gongxu Lan, Yuan Wang, Runguo Zheng, Zhiyuan Wang, Suresh K. Bhargava, Hongyu Sun, Yanguo Liu
Summary: Graphite is widely used in commercial lithium-ion batteries, but its low capacity and low redox potential limit its application in high-performance batteries. Conductive polymers with graphite-like structures are used in electrochemistry, but their Li+ storage mechanism and kinetics are still unclear. We synthesized the conducting polymer Fe-CAT with a conjugated structure and pores, improving its electrochemical performance.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Qiang Wu, Fenfen Ma, Wei Zhang, Hui Yan, Xin Chen, Shijie Cheng, Jia Xie
Summary: Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are highly promising high-energy-density secondary batteries due to their ultrahigh energy density and low cost. A dual-functional electrolyte additive, lithium selenide (Li2Se), is proposed to address the challenges faced by Li-SPAN batteries, including sluggish sulfur kinetics and uncontrollable Li deposition. Li2Se improves kinetics by attacking polysulfides and forms a stable selenide-containing organic-inorganic hybrid solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) to enhance Li deposition. The Li2Se-assisted Li-SPAN battery exhibits high discharge capacities, enhanced rate performance, and outstanding cycling stability.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
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Electrochemistry
Zenan Zhao, Mengmeng Qian, Jing Wang, Wenze Cao, Xianfu Qin, Penghui Guo, Shuang Hao, Ran Wang, Feng Wu, Guoqiang Tan
Summary: In this study, a stable Li-Mg alloy was constructed on a lithium metal anode using a simple chemical substitution method. The Li-Mg alloy acts as an ion redistributor and surface stabilizer, effectively suppressing lithium dendrite growth and improving the cycling performance and safety of lithium-metal batteries.
BATTERIES & SUPERCAPS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Haeun Lee, Uijin Chang, Seungmin Lee, KwangSup Eom
Summary: Ternary CoSSe catalytic material is introduced to enhance the kinetics and stability in Li-S batteries, even at low catalyst content. The KB/CoSSe-coated PP shows significantly improved rate performance and cyclic stability compared to bare PP.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jingjing Zhang, Zhengkang Su, Junhong Jin, Shenglin Yang, Aishui Yu, Guang Li
Summary: In this study, a nanoconfinement strategy using TiO2 nanocrystals was employed to prevent lithium dendrite formation in lithium metal batteries, resulting in improved cycling performance and stability. The nanoconfined lithium metal with uniform deposits showed enhanced electrochemical performances, demonstrating a potentially scalable solution for addressing the dendrite growth issue in metal battery systems.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jingfa Li, Jian Zhou, Qihao Zhou, Xin Wang, Cong Guo, Min Li
Summary: The study introduced amorphous Ni-B nanoflakes into hollow Ni-Co sulfide nanospheres to improve sodium-ion storage performance, demonstrating enhanced reversible capacity and redox kinetics during long-term Na+ insertion/extraction.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Di Yang, Xiaoyu Wu, Li He, Zhihui Sun, Hainan Zhao, Meiling Wang, Yizhan Wang, Yingjin Wei
Summary: Li and Zn metal batteries show great potential to replace Li-ion batteries, but issues such as dendrite growth caused by uneven cation deposition during charge-discharge cycles hinder their practical application. In this study, we propose a simple method of separator modification that combines physical and chemical forces to regulate uniform and rapid deposition of Li+ and Zn2+. This modified separator allows for stable cycling of Li and Zn metal anodes for over 1000 h under a large current density of 10 mA cm(-2).
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Chemistry, Physical
Ryo Shomura, Ryota Tamate, Shoichi Matsuda
Summary: A facile and scalable blade coating method was used to improve the stability of the interface between Li metal and the electrolyte by covering the commercial polyethylene membrane separator with an inorganic/organic composite solid electrolyte layer containing lithium-ion-conducting ceramic fillers. This coated separator suppressed the interfacial resistance and prolonged the cycling stability of deposition/dissolution processes in Li/Li symmetric cells, as well as improved the discharge/charge cycling performance of lithium-oxygen batteries.
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Chemistry, Physical
Sheng-Feng Ho, Yi-Chun Yang, Hsing-Yu Tuan
Summary: By using AgSbS2 nanowires as anode materials, a record-breaking long cycle life for metal sulfide anodes has been achieved. The presence of Ag enhances the electrochemical performance by improving conductivity, ion diffusion rate, and adsorption capability, while reducing the shuttling effect of sulfur. This research has significant implications for the future development of metal sulfide anodes.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Ryan S. Longchamps, Xiao-Guang Yang, Shanhai Ge, Teng Liu, Chao-Yang Wang
Summary: By utilizing a self-heating structure, the huge potential of current battery materials can be unleashed to provide high energy and power performance in extreme low-temperature conditions. The heating process efficiently increases the battery temperature with minimal energy consumption. The chemistry-agnostic nature of self-heating can enhance the rate capability of lithium-ion and lithium metal batteries, expanding the performance envelopes of battery materials for electrified transportation.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2021)