Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yingying Wang, Deyu Qu, Dan Liu, Jiaheng Lei, Ruiming Zhang, Haolin Tang, Xiong Zhang
Summary: In this study, a frogspawn-like phosphorus-rich copper phosphides@N-doped carbon composite material is designed and synthesized through a low-temperature rapid phosphorization route. The material exhibits enhanced conductivity and voids that alleviate volume variations during the potassiation process. The unique phosphorization method enables the retention of precursor structures, resulting in a hybrid material with high depotassiation capacity, good rate performance, and outstanding cycle capability. Furthermore, the assembled potassium-ion batteries using this material as the anode shows impressive performance.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lei Liu, Xing Gao, Xuemei Cui, Bofeng Wang, Fangzheng Hu, Tianheng Yuan, Jianhua Li, Lei Zu, Huiqin Lian, Xiuguo Cui
Summary: Fibrous red phosphorus with improved electrical conductivity and a special structure was prepared by chemical vapor transport. When compounded with graphite, the composite material exhibited high reversible specific capacity, excellent high-rate performance, and long cycle life.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xinyang Yue, Jing Zhang, Yongteng Dong, Yuanmao Chen, Zhangqin Shi, Xuejiao Xu, Xunlu Li, Zheng Liang
Summary: To address the issue of lithium (Li) plating on graphite anodes during fast charging, Li plating regulation and morphology control are proposed. A Li plating-reversible graphite anode is achieved through a localized high-concentration electrolyte (LHCE), resulting in high reversibility and stability. The stable LiF-rich solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) enables a higher average Coulombic efficiency (99.9%) and reversibility of Li plating (99.95%). A self-made LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 | graphite pouch cell exhibits a competitive capacity retention of 84.4% even at high current (7.2 A) after 150 cycles, demonstrating the potential for high-performance fast-charging batteries.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Hongchang Jin, Yingshan Huang, Chaonan Wang, Hengxing Ji
Summary: Building better lithium-ion batteries with higher power density is crucial for enhancing the performance of portable electronics and electric vehicles. The key to achieving this is developing new anode materials with high rate performance and low risk of lithium plating.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yan Zhang, Cong Kang, Wei Zhao, Yajie Song, Jiaining Zhu, Hua Huo, Yulin Ma, Chunyu Du, Pengjian Zuo, Shuaifeng Lou, Geping Yin
Summary: Single-atom catalysts are important for improving the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. In this study, novel single-atom Nb catalysts were designed to enhance sulfur immobilization and catalysis. The Nb-N4 active moiety possessed unfilled antibonding orbitals, promoting hybridization and anchoring of lithium polysulfides. The Nb-SAs@NC cell exhibited high capacity retention, superior rate performance, and competitive areal capacity, providing new possibilities for high-energy-density Li-S batteries.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kelsey A. Cavallaro, Stephanie Elizabeth Sandoval, Sun Geun Yoon, Akila C. Thenuwara, Matthew T. McDowell
Summary: This study investigates the electrochemical and transformation behavior of three alloy materials (antimony, silicon, and tin) and finds that antimony is particularly well suited for low-temperature applications, offering ten times higher specific capacity than graphite on the first cycle. The study examines the kinetic and thermodynamic limitations of these materials at low temperatures using various techniques, including the galvanostatic intermittent titration technique and X-ray diffraction. The use of reference electrodes is also found to be necessary at low temperatures.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xudong Zhao, Xianglong Kong, Zhiliang Liu, Zhi Li, Zewei Xie, Zhuoyan Wu, Fei He, Xinghua Chang, Piaoping Yang, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
Summary: Phosphorus-rich metal phosphides (MPs) have emerged as cutting-edge materials in energy storage and conversion, exhibiting significant advantages in various applications. This review summarizes the latest advances in P-rich MPs regarding typical structures, synthetic methods, and performance optimizations. The discussion covers electrochemical reaction mechanisms, composition/structure designs, and desired performance, providing insights into theory-composition/structure-performance relationships and future research directions.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yu Tian, Cheng Lin, Xiang Chen, Xiao Yu, Rui Xiong, Qiang Zhang
Summary: By releasing the elastic and reversible lithium plating interval, superior charging performance and reduced charging duration at low temperatures can be achieved. The plating-weak fast charging (PWFC) strategy effectively avoids rapid degradation by regulating high reversibility and fine-tuning the charging current that triggers the lithium plating. PWFC guarantees the life of electric vehicles beyond the warranty period and further shortens the charging time in winter.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Iddrisu B. Abdul Razak, Bowen An, Bomin Li, Olusola J. Dahunsi, Fan Xia, Paranjothi Murugan, Dennis Brown, Yingwen Cheng
Summary: Anode-free Na metal batteries show great potential for energy storage. This study investigates Cu surfaces for Na plating and stripping and finds that pure Cu surface without Cu oxide species exhibits better reversibility and stability. The improved performance can be attributed to the stronger Na-Cu affinity compared to Na-CuO affinity. Anode-free Na metal batteries equipped with high-capacity cathodes and pure Cu current collector demonstrate at least 70% capacity retention for 100 cycles.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
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)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Rui Xia, Kangning Zhao, Liang-Yin Kuo, Lei Zhang, Daniel M. Cunha, Yang Wang, Sizhao Huang, Jie Zheng, Bernard Boukamp, Payam Kaghazchi, Congli Sun, Johan E. ten Elshof, Mark Huijben
Summary: The study introduces nickel niobate NiNb2O6 as a new high-rate anode material for lithium-ion batteries, demonstrating high capacity and stability with a high diffusion coefficient. The material shows minimal volume change during lithiation, leading to stable reversible lithiation process and promising energy storage performance in practical battery devices.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Hong Yin, Danyang Han, Xiangxiang Yu, Minglei Cao, Zhaohui Hou, Chong Li, Ming-Qiang Zhu
Summary: Metal chalcogenides are highly promising anodes for LIBs and SIBs due to their high capacities, thermal stabilities, and low price. However, their poor conductivity and large volume expansion hinder their commercial applications. Electrospun 1D carbon-source nanostructures can effectively address these issues. This comprehensive review focuses on the development of metal chalcogenide nanomaterials by electrospinning for LIBs and SIBs, and discusses the progress of metal oxides, metal sulfides, and metal selenides. The future outlook of electrospun metal chalcogenide materials and the potential for other energy-storage devices are also highlighted.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Yao Gao, Lei Fan, Rui Zhou, Xiaoqiong Du, Zengbao Jiao, Biao Zhang
Summary: The incorporation of Sn and Sb in Si anodes enhances the electronic conductivity and lithium diffusivity, reducing stress and improving the performance. Si8.5Sn0.5Sb microparticles exhibit improved conductivity and diffusivity, achieving high capacity and cycling stability.
NANO-MICRO LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ying Wang, Ping Niu, Jianzhong Li, Shulan Wang, Li Li
Summary: Phosphorus composite anodes are considered promising candidates for sodium-ion batteries and potassium-ion batteries, but their practical use is limited by poor cycling stability and sluggish electrochemical reaction dynamics caused by volume variation and low electronic conductivity. Compositing with a suitable second component has been proposed as an effective strategy to potentially resolve these issues.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Meijia Song, Zhonghua Zhang
Summary: With the rapid development of electronics, electric vehicles, and grid energy storage stations, higher requirements have been put forward for advanced secondary batteries. Liquid metal/alloy electrodes have emerged as a promising direction to achieve excellent electrochemical performance in metal-ion batteries. In this review, the properties, advantages, and applications of Ga-based metal/alloys as electrodes in various metal-ion batteries are summarized, and future development prospects are discussed.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiangxi Wang, Lei Li, Liangge Xu, Zhao Wang, Zhuoyan Wu, Zhiliang Liu, Piaoping Yangs
Summary: The Mn and Co co-decorated Ni composite nanosheets show near-optimal adsorption energy to oxygenated intermediates and much better electrocatalytic OER performance. This electrode demonstrates impressive stability with significantly reduced cation dissolution and negligible degradation after durability testing.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2021)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Sihao Wang, Gaofu Li, Lei Chen, Zhi Li, Zhuoyan Wu, Xianglong Kong, Tingyu Wang, Fei He, Piaoping Yang, Zhiliang Liu
Summary: The review summarizes the latest progress of metal phosphides in CO2 reduction, discussing their advantages and catalytic mechanism in chemocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis. Potential challenges and inspiring outlooks are provided for future research and practical applications of MPs in catalytic CO2 reduction.
FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Shunpeng Chen, Xiao Wu, Zhiliang Liu, Bingxue Sun, Jifeng Deng, Hui Zeng, Xinghua Chang, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
Summary: This study reports a scalable magnesium-mechanical reduction method to prepare high quality silicon nanoparticles with good lithium storage performance. By adding Mg2Si, the reduction of silica nanoparticles into silicon nanoparticles using commercial magnesium as the reductant is facilitated. The obtained silicon nanoparticles and silicon@C composites exhibit excellent lithium storage performance comparable to state-of-the-art nano-silicon anode materials.
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xudong Zhao, Xianglong Kong, Zhiliang Liu, Zhi Li, Zewei Xie, Zhuoyan Wu, Fei He, Xinghua Chang, Piaoping Yang, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
Summary: Phosphorus-rich metal phosphides (MPs) have emerged as cutting-edge materials in energy storage and conversion, exhibiting significant advantages in various applications. This review summarizes the latest advances in P-rich MPs regarding typical structures, synthetic methods, and performance optimizations. The discussion covers electrochemical reaction mechanisms, composition/structure designs, and desired performance, providing insights into theory-composition/structure-performance relationships and future research directions.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hui Wang, Xiaolan Song, Miao Lv, Shengming Jin, Jianlong Xu, Xiaodong Kong, Xingyun Li, Zhiliang Liu, Xinghua Chang, Wei Sun, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
Summary: This study successfully achieved Ti3C2-Sb2S3 composites by covalently bonding Sb2S3 uniformly on the surface of Ti3C2Tx MXene. The efficient interfacial chemical linkage bridged the physical gap and promoted the interfacial charge transfer efficiency, leading to a high reversible capacity and long cycling stability of the Ti3C2-Sb2S3 anode for sodium-ion batteries.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Xudong Zhao, Xiangxi Wang, Lei Chen, Xianglong Kong, Zhi Li, Ying Zhao, Zhuoyan Wu, Tingyu Wang, Zhiliang Liu, Piaoping Yang
Summary: This study investigates a cheap Fe-doped flower-like nickel sulfides catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Fe doping effectively changes the lattice structure and phase composition of the catalyst, enhancing its OER activity. This work provides important insights for the development of low-cost and high-performance OER catalysts.
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yida Wang, Guangwei Che, Xin Yang, Jie Zheng, Youyu Lin, Haiyan Zheng, Kuo Li, Ho-kwang Mao
Summary: Metal hydrides have wide applications in energy science. A pressure gradient-driven battery, known as piezovoltaic device, can be achieved by separating the migrations of protons and electrons. In this study, we experimentally detected the output current and voltage of a PdHx sample, and also observed the escape of hydrogen atoms from a palladium lattice using X-ray diffraction. The relationship between the piezovoltaic application of metal hydrides and piezoelectricity is similar to that between a chemical battery and a capacitor.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jifeng Deng, Kurbannisa Kadeer, Chaoyuan Hu, Zewei Xie, Yu Shi, Xiao Liu, Lei Xie, Jinrong Xu, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
Summary: In this study, a sponge catalyst for hydrogen generation from liquid hydrogen carriers was developed. The commercial melamine formaldehyde (MF) sponge was modified by grafting polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) through acid-catalyzed acetalization with formaldehyde. The resulting polyvinyl formal/MF (PVF/MF) composite sponge exhibited excellent characteristics as a catalyst, including high activity, high hydrogen storage density, easy catalyst recycling, and quasi-solid state behavior during H-2 generation, as demonstrated in the applications of NaBH4 solution and thermal dehydrogenation of perhydro N-ethylcarbazole.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Gaofu Li, Xianglong Kong, Lei Chen, Liu Liu, Xinghua Chang, Xiangxi Wang, Qingjie Meng, Fei He, Piaoping Yang, Jie Zheng, Zhiliang Liu
Summary: Metal phosphosulfides (MPSs) are promising materials for energy storage and conversion, particularly in lithium storage. A carbon confined mesoporous catkin-like SnPS3 nanostructure (SnPS3@C) with unique advantages in lithium storage is controllably synthesized. The SnPS3@C electrode exhibits excellent electrochemical capability, including high reversible capacity, good rate property, and distinguished cycling stability. This work provides a new approach to develop high-performance MPSs materials for advanced lithium ion batteries.
ACS MATERIALS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kuerbangnisha Kadeer, Xingguo Li, Jie Zheng
Summary: Methanol steam reforming (MSR) and hydrolysis of metal hydrides are two important hydrogen generation reactions that can complement each other. Combining these reactions can improve hydrogen generation performance. The CO2 produced from MSR can be absorbed by the hydroxide generated from hydrolysis, resulting in higher H2 purity. The heat from hydrolysis can be used to drive the endothermic MSR reaction. By conducting MSR on a CaH2-CuO composite, a hydrogen density of 6.56 wt% based on all reactants with H2 purity higher than 99% can be achieved at 250 degrees Celsius.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yida Wang, Guangwei Che, Xin Yang, Jie Zheng, Youyu Lin, Haiyan Zheng, Kuo Li, Ho-kwang Mao
Summary: Metal hydrides are widely used in energy science. A piezovoltaic device, driven by a pressure gradient, can be achieved by separating the migrations of protons and electrons. Our investigation on the piezovoltaic performance of PdHx with various proton conductors as electrolytes shows an output current of ???40 nA and a voltage of ???0.8 V for a 3??g sample. Using X-ray diffraction, we also observe the escape of hydrogen atoms from a palladium lattice under an increasing pressure gradient. This work demonstrates the piezovoltaic application of metal hydrides and offers a new approach to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhuoming Jia, Xianglong Kong, Zhiliang Liu, Xiaohan Zhao, Xudong Zhao, Fei He, Ying Zhao, Milin Zhang, Piaoping Yang
Summary: This review summarizes the recent advances of two-dimensional metal phosphides (2D MPs) in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), including typical structures, synthesis methods, and applications. The relationship between 2D structure and lithium storage performance is deeply discussed, providing new insights for the application of 2D materials in LIBs. Several potential challenges and inspiring outlooks are highlighted for future research and applications of 2D MPs.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jifeng Deng, Bingxue Sun, Jinrong Xu, Yu Shi, Lei Xie, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
Summary: The monolithic sponge catalyst effectively enhances the hydrolysis of NaBH4 and allows for easy catalyst recycling. A lightweight and cost-effective on-site H-2 generation system for portable fuel cells is developed using this catalyst.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Guoling Li, Yuetao Wang, Heng Guo, Zhiliang Liu, Pohua Chen, Xinyao Zheng, Junliang Sun, Hui Chen, Jie Zheng, Xingguo Li
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2020)
