Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Ding Huang, Cong Liang, Lining Chen, Mi Tang, Zijian Zheng, Zhengbang Wang
Summary: This study prepared MOF/PAN composite fibrous separators with excellent performance for high-rate Li-ion batteries, improving the ion transport capacity and long-term cycle stability. The potential applications of MOF/PAN composite separators are promising in the development of high-rate lithium-ion batteries.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Yang Song, Pengchao Ruan, Caiwang Mao, Yuxin Chang, Ling Wang, Lei Dai, Peng Zhou, Bingan Lu, Jiang Zhou, Zhangxing He
Summary: In this study, a metal-organic framework modified separator is proposed for robust aqueous zinc-ion batteries. The modified separator enhances the transport ability of charge carriers and corrosion resistance, resulting in dendrite-free zinc deposition. Experimental results show excellent performance in terms of cycle life and capacity retention.
NANO-MICRO LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jason Phung, Xuzi Zhang, Wenjing Deng, Ge Li
Summary: This review focuses on the use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to functionalize separators in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Functional separators can effectively improve LSB performance by suppressing the shuttle effect, enhancing reaction kinetics, improving ionic/electrical conductivity, and inhibiting Li dendrite growth.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Maryam Sadat Kiai, Srikanth Ponnada, Omer Eroglu, Mubashir Mansoor, Navid Aslfattahi, Vinh Nguyen, Siddarth Gadkari, Rakesh K. Sharma
Summary: A novel coating on a glass fiber separator is suggested to address the capacity fading and dendrite formation issues in Li-S batteries. The coating, consisting of a conductive MXene layer and a porous MOF layer, effectively traps polysulfides and mitigates Li dendrite growth, resulting in improved battery performance.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Le Li, Shaofeng Jia, Zhiyi Cheng, Changming Zhang
Summary: The demand for energy storage is increasing, and researchers are exploring the disadvantages of lithium-ion batteries to overcome them. As a result, aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are rapidly developing due to their high safety, environmental friendliness, resource abundance, and cost performance. ZIBs have made significant progress in the past decade through efforts in electrode materials and understanding of non-electrode components, particularly separators, which play a crucial role in achieving high energy and power density. This review comprehensively summarizes recent progress in the development of separators in ZIBs, including modifications to conventional separators and the development of novel separators, and discusses the prospects and challenges for separators in facilitating ZIBs development.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuqing Zhang, Shuyuan Xie, Dan Li, Yulong Liu, Chao Li, Jia Liu, Haiming Xie
Summary: The study introduced a functional lithiated Nafion-modified separator to inhibit the redox shuttle effect in Li-O-2 batteries, enhancing electrochemical properties and making it suitable for large-scale production.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jingwei Chen, Alice Lee-Sie Eh, Jing-Hao Ciou, Pooi See Lee
Summary: This study presents the construction of excellent dual-functional electrochromic Zn batteries (EZB) by balancing electrochemically deposited NiO with Zn anode. The optimized deposition conditions lead to nanoporous NiO film, which enables faster switching for electrochromism and higher capacity for charge storage. The alkaline EZB outperforms the mild counterpart due to the formation of a larger amount of Ni3+ species. This work demonstrates the outstanding performance and dual functionalities of the constructed EZB.
MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Gulian Wang, Qian Yao, Jingjing Dong, Wenjing Ge, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai, Jian Yang, Shixue Dou
Summary: A facile and efficient pretreatment method for zinc anodes has been found, which creates a dense and durable multifunctional surface layer. This layer effectively addresses issues such as dendrite formation, corrosion caused by polyiodine ions, and other side reactions, resulting in significantly improved battery performance.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Q. P. Jian, M. C. Wu, H. R. Jiang, Y. K. Lin, T. S. Zhao
Summary: The NH4Br improved electrolyte for zinc-iodine flow battery enhances ionic conductivity, reduces iodine precipitation and zinc dendrite growth, improves kinetics and reversibility of redox couples, and provides high energy efficiency, charge capacity, and cycle life compared to conventional electrolyte.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Na Guo, Wenjie Huo, Xiaoyu Dong, Zhefei Sun, Yutao Lu, Xianwen Wu, Lei Dai, Ling Wang, Haichen Lin, Haodong Liu, Hanfeng Liang, Zhangxing He, Qiaobao Zhang
Summary: Zinc ion batteries (ZIBs), with abundant resources, low cost, and environmental friendliness, have been developed and regarded as the next generation of portable energy storage systems. However, their overall performance is limited by zinc dendrites and several side reactions. Constructing 3D zinc anodes has proven to be an effective way to significantly improve their electrochemical performance.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Gaoli Guo, Xiaoping Tan, Kaidi Wang, Leilei Zheng, Huang Zhang
Summary: This study demonstrates a cotton textiles-based separator for rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries. By complexing inorganic and organic layers, the separator can regulate the behavior of zinc plating/stripping, achieving a highly reversible process. The zinc symmetric cell and V2O5//Zn battery both show significant performance improvements.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Srikanth Ponnada, Mubashir Mansoor, Navid Aslfattahi, Nilgun Baydogan, Susmita Naskar, Rakesh K. Sharma, Maryam Sadat Kiai
Summary: To address the issues of Li dendrite growth and polysulfide movement in Li-S batteries, researchers have developed Cu or Fe-coated ultrathin MOF nanosheets on a glass fiber separator. The Cu or Fe atoms facilitate Li ion movement while preventing polysulfide migration through Lewis acid-base interaction. The Cu/MOF and Fe/MOF separators exhibit excellent long-term cycling stability, with low-capacity decay and high capacity retention after 400 cycles, demonstrating their potential for practical applications.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Hongzhe Chen, Jingbo Cai, Xianqing Liu, Zhanhong Yang
Summary: In this study, V2O3@C-PE electrode was prepared by reducing ammonium metavanadate with low-cost polyethylene, which exhibited high specific capacity and stability in ZnSO4 electrolyte system. The electrode showed excellent electrochemical performance and low manufacturing cost, making it potentially competitive in the field of energy storage.
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jin Cao, Dongdong Zhang, Yilei Yue, Xiao Wang, Teerachote Pakornchote, Thiti Bovornratanaraks, Xinyu Zhang, Zhong-Shuai Wu, Jiaqian Qin
Summary: In this study, an advanced cathode material (NH4)2V10O25.8H2O (NVOD) with oxygen defects was reported for aqueous zinc-ion batteries, demonstrating excellent performance including high capacity, ultrahigh stability, and exceptional energy density, showing great potential for future applications.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dario Gomez Vazquez, Travis P. Pollard, Julian Mars, Ji Mun Yoo, Hans-Georg Steinrueck, Sharon E. Bone, Olga Safonova, Michael F. Toney, Oleg Borodin, Maria R. Lukatskaya
Summary: By using coordinating anions like acetate, a WIS-like Zn coordination environment can be achieved even in relatively dilute conditions, enabling prolonged cycling of Zn metal anodes.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Bryan R. Wygant, Laura C. Merrill, Katharine L. Harrison, A. Alec Talin, David S. Ashby, Timothy N. Lambert
Summary: FeF3 conversion cathodes show high theoretical energy density and potential for application, but previous studies were conducted with excess lithium, which did not accurately reflect the cathode's influence on battery performance. This study demonstrates the importance of considering the electrolyte's impact on full-cell performance and achieves the first full-cell demonstration of a Li/FeF3 battery.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Amalie L. Frischknecht, Pieter J. in 't Veld, Igor Kolesnichenko, David J. Arnot, Timothy N. Lambert
Summary: This study compares two cationic polysulfones for their potential application in alkaline zinc-manganese dioxide batteries. Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations reveal well phase separated nanoscale water domains in both polymers, leading to a reduction in hydroxide and water diffusion constants compared to bulk water, explaining the strong exclusion of zincate from the polysulfone membranes observed experimentally.
ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yijie Yin, John Holoubek, Alex Liu, Baharak Sayahpour, Ganesh Raghavendran, Guorui Cai, Bing Han, Matthew Mayer, Noah B. Schorr, Timothy N. Lambert, Katharine L. Harrison, Weikang Li, Zheng Chen, Y. Shirley Meng
Summary: This study reports a liquefied gas electrolyte with an anion-pair solvation structure that exhibits high ionic conductivity at low temperatures. By optimizing the electrolyte transport and solvent structure, the performance of Li/CFx cells at low temperatures is significantly enhanced.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhiming Liang, Tianyi Li, Holden Chi, Joseph Ziegelbauer, Kai Sun, Ming Wang, Wei Zhang, Tuo Liu, Yang-Tse Cheng, Zonghai Chen, Xiaohong Gayden, Chunmei Ban
Summary: This work presents a new manufacturing method using a nonthermal plasma to create inter-particle binding without using any polymeric binding materials, enabling solvent-free manufacturing electrodes with any electrochemistry of choice. The cold-plasma-coating technique enables fabricating electrodes with thickness (>200 mu m), high mass loading (>30 mg cm(-2)), high peel strength, and the ability to print lithium-ion batteries in an arbitrary geometry.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Aliya S. Lapp, Laura C. Merrill, Bryan R. Wygant, David S. Ashby, Austin S. Bhandarkar, Alan C. Zhang, Elliot J. Fuller, Katharine L. Harrison, Timothy N. Lambert, Alec Talin
Summary: Li-metal batteries with FeF3 cathodes and pseudo-solid-state ionogel separators are a promising approach to produce affordable and eco-friendly batteries with high energy density. The batteries developed in this study utilize gel-infiltrated FeF3 cathodes prepared by exchanging the ionic liquid in a polymer ionogel with a localized high-concentration electrolyte. The stable and high-rate cycling performance of the Li-FeF3 batteries at room temperature opens up possibilities for different battery architectures, including flexible, three-dimensional, and custom shape designs.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Anita Li, Jacob L. L. Hempel, Michael P. P. Balogh, Yang-Tse Cheng, Alan I. I. Taub
Summary: This study investigates the role of polyimide binder in silicon microparticle electrodes. The research reveals that an optimal binder weight fraction is needed to balance the trade-off between capacity retention and rate performance. The findings provide important design principles for the optimization of binder content in silicon electrode formulations.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Ming Wang, Kubra Uzun, Bradley R. R. Frieberg, Jiazhi Hu, Anita Li, Xiaosong Huang, Yang-Tse Cheng
Summary: Thick NMC-LMO blend positive electrodes were made using dry-powder electrostatic spray deposition (ESD) to eliminate the need for solvents. The effects of two dry powder mixing processes prior to ESD on the electrodes were investigated using peel tests, electrochemical techniques, and microscopic analysis. Electrodes made using high-speed mixing had a dense carbon black/binder layer, limiting their contact area with the electrolyte and reducing ionic conductivity. On the other hand, electrodes made using ball mill mixing exhibited a porous structure, allowing for more contact between the active material and electrolyte, thereby improving ionic conductivity and reducing charge transfer resistance.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jessica Luo, David J. Arnot, Steven T. King, Arun Kingan, Andrew Nicoll, Xiao Tong, David C. Bock, Esther S. Takeuchi, Amy C. Marschilok, Shan Yan, Lei Wang, Kenneth J. Takeuchi
Summary: By removing bulk Si contaminants, we prepared purified thin siloxene nanosheets with controlled lateral size and thickness using ultrasonication, and studied the effects of morphology and purity on electrochemical performance. The resulting thin siloxene nanosheets after 4 hours of ultrasonication exhibited an average capacity of 810 mA h/g at a rate of 1000 mA/g over 200 cycles, with a capacity retention of 76%. Interestingly, the purified siloxene showed lower initial capacity but superior capacity retention during cycling. The 2D morphology of siloxene nanosheets was largely maintained, and the purified siloxene-based electrode experienced minimal expansion upon (de)lithiation.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ryan Hill, Amanda Peretti, Leo J. Small, Erik D. Spoerke, Yang-Tse Cheng
Summary: High-conductivity solid electrolytes like NaSICON are becoming increasingly important for safe, reliable battery-based energy storage. However, the demands for high current density, low temperature operation, and long-duration storage challenge the limitations of solid electrolytes. This study investigates the penetration of molten sodium into NaSICON at high current densities.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Vinod Mathew, Noah B. Schorr, Balaji Sambandam, Timothy N. Lambert, Jaekook Kim
ACCOUNTS OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Runming Tao, Bryan Steinhoff, Kuebra Uzun, Ben Ben La Riviere, Kahla Sardo, Brendan Skelly, Ryan Hill, Yang-Tse Cheng, Jianlin Li
Summary: Dry processing has advantages over conventional slurry-based processing in electrode fabrication, improving the mechanical and electrochemical properties. Controlling the electrode porosity can enhance the fracture behavior of the electrode.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Bhamiti Sharma, Haidar Y. Alolaywi, Bing Tan, David Shepard, Yunkui Li, Yuhao Liao, Yang-Tse Cheng
Summary: This study demonstrates that a porous zeolite coating on a commercial PP separator can improve electrolyte wettability and through plane ionic conductivity, resulting in more uniform Li flux. Consequently, the coated separator can delay dendrite penetration, enhancing cell performance and safety.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Makua C. Vin-Nnajiofor, Wenqi Li, Seth Debolt, Yang-Tse Cheng, Jian Shi
Summary: This study aims to characterize the lignin-rich endocarp biomass and identify features relevant to feedstock preprocessing and logistics. Chemical composition, cellular structure, and mechanical properties of walnut and peach endocarps were investigated. The milling energy consumption was correlated to screen size, lignin content, bulk density, and mechanical properties.
JOURNAL OF THE ASABE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gautam G. Yadav, Meir Weiner, Aditya Upreti, Jinchao Huang, Timothy N. Lambert, David J. Arnot, Noah B. Schorr, Nelson S. Bell, Damon Turney, Brendan Hawkins, Xia Wei, Matthew Lim, Sanjoy Banerjee
Summary: This study demonstrates the fabrication of rechargeable membrane-less zinc-anode batteries with high voltage properties by utilizing concentrated acid and alkaline solutions coupled with a gelled buffer interlayer. This strategy is not only applicable to zinc-manganese dioxide batteries, but also to other oxide-based cathode systems like Cu2O and V2O5.
MATERIALS HORIZONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
David J. Arnot, Karthik S. Mayilvahanan, Zeyu Hui, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Amy C. Marschilok, David C. Bock, Lei Wang, Alan C. West, Esther S. Takeuchi
Summary: This article discusses three critical aspects of thick high-loading electrode science and technology, including design and fabrication methods, advanced characterization methods, and the use of modeling. Through these methods, lithium-ion batteries with high energy density and power output can be achieved, advancing the development of next-generation batteries.
ACCOUNTS OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
(2022)