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Li T, Liu K, Nam G, Kim MG, Ding Y, Zhao B, Luo Z, Wang Z, Zhang W, Zhao C, Wang JH, Song Y, Liu M. A Nonstoichiometric Niobium Oxide/Graphite Composite for Fast-Charge Lithium-Ion Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200972. [PMID: 35618443 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electrification of transportation has spurred the development of fast-charge energy storage devices. High-power lithium-ion batteries require electrode materials that can store lithium quickly and reversibly. Herein, the design and construction of a Nb2 O5-δ /graphite composite electrode that demonstrates remarkable rate capability and durability are reported. The presence of graphite enables the formation of a dominant Nb12 O29 phase and a minor T-Nb2 O5 phase. The high rate capability is attributed to the enhanced electronic conductivity and lower energy barriers for fast lithium diffusion in both Nb12 O29 and T-Nb2 O5 , as unraveled by density functional theory calculations. The excellent durability or long cycling life is originated from the coherent redox behavior of Nb ions and high reversibility of lithium intercalation/deintercalation, as revealed by operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis. When tested in a half-cell at high cycling rates, the composite electrode delivers a specific capability of 120 mAh g-1 at 80 C and retains over 150 mAh g-1 after 2000 cycles at 30 C, implying that it is a highly promising anode material for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries.
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- Tongtong Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Sec. 4 Ting-Zhou Road, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
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- Beamline Research Division, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Sec. 4 Ting-Zhou Road, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
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Zhang Y, Tang Y, Liu L, Zhang Y, Li Z. T-Nb 2O 5 nanoparticles confined in carbon nanotubes with fast ion diffusion rates for lithium storage. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:14532-14536. [PMID: 34636393 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02735b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A T-Nb2O5/CNT nanohybrid with short transmission paths, many active sites, and favorable mechanical flexibility can achieve the fast transportation of ions/electrons. The obtained nanohybrid with continuous conductive networks exhibited better lithium storage performance than sodium storage performance, due to lower resistance to the diffusion of Li+ ions crossing the carbon matrix.
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- Yang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, Xinjiang, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, Xinjiang, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, Xinjiang, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, Xinjiang, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources; College of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, Xinjiang, PR China
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Controlled fabrication and performances of single-core/dual-shell hierarchical structure m-TNO@TiC@NC anode composite for lithium-ion batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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TiNb2O7 nano-particle decorated carbon cloth as flexible self-support anode material in lithium-ion batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Liu Z, Dong W, Wang J, Dong C, Lin Y, Chen IW, Huang F. Orthorhombic Nb 2O 5-x for Durable High-Rate Anode of Li-Ion Batteries. iScience 2019; 23:100767. [PMID: 31887662 PMCID: PMC6941880 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.100767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 10/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Li4Ti5O12 anode can operate at extraordinarily high rates and for a very long time, but it suffers from a relatively low capacity. This has motivated much research on Nb2O5 as an alternative. In this work, we present a scalable chemical processing strategy that maintains the size and morphology of nano-crystal precursor but systematically reconstitutes the unit cell composition, to build defect-rich porous orthorhombic Nb2O5-x with a high-rate capacity many times those of commercial anodes. The procedure includes etching, proton ion exchange, calcination, and reduction, and the resulting Nb2O5-x has a capacity of 253 mA h g-1 at 0.5C, 187 mA h g-1 at 25C, and 130 mA h g-1 at 100C, with 93.3% of the 25C capacity remaining after cycling for 4,000 times. These values are much higher than those reported for Nb2O5 and Li4Ti5O12, thanks to more available surface/sub-surface reaction sites and significantly improved fast ion and electron conductivity.
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- Zichao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China; State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China.
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Deng Q, Fu Y, Zhu C, Yu Y. Niobium-Based Oxides Toward Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage: Recent Advances and Challenges. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1804884. [PMID: 30761738 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Niobium-based oxides including Nb2 O5 , TiNbx O2+2.5x compounds, M-Nb-O (M = Cr, Ga, Fe, Zr, Mg, etc.) family, etc., as the unique structural merit (e.g., quasi-2D network for Li-ion incorporation, open and stable Wadsley- Roth shear crystal structure), are of great interest for applications in energy storage systems such as Li/Na-ion batteries and hybrid supercapacitors. Most of these Nb-based oxides show high operating voltage (>1.0 V vs Li+ /Li) that can suppress the formation of solid electrolyte interface film and lithium dendrites, ensuring the safety of working batteries. Outstanding rate capability is impressive, which can be derived from their fast intercalation pseudocapacitive kinetics. However, the intrinsic poor electrical conductivity hinders their energy storage applications. Various strategies including structure optimization, surface engineering, and carbon modification are effectively used to overcome the issues. This review provides a comprehensive summary on the latest progress of Nb-based oxides for advanced electrochemical energy storage applications. Major impactful work is outlined, promising research directions, and various performance-optimizing strategies, as well as the energy storage mechanisms investigated by combining theoretical calculations and various electrochemical characterization techniques. In addition, challenges and perspectives for future research and commercial applications are also presented.
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- Qinglin Deng
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (DNL), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, China
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Henry A, Le Vot S, Alauzun JG, Hesemann P, Foresti ML, Cerruti P, Heux L, Fontaine O, Boury B. Electrochemical investigations of Nb2O5/carbon materials from filter paper, microfibrillated and bacterial celluloses by sustainable reductive mineralization. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.04.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang J, Luo W, Xiong T, Yu R, Wu P, Zhu J, Dai Y, Mai L. Carboxyl functionalized carbon incorporation of stacked ultrathin NiO nanosheets: topological construction and superior lithium storage. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:7588-7594. [PMID: 30964473 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr09893j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) nanostructure engineering and surface modification with functional groups are of great importance to anode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Herein, stacked NiO nanosheets@carbon (denoted as NiO@C) and 3 nm-ultrathin NiO nanosheets@functionalized carbon with surface functional groups NO3-, CO32-, OH-, and COOH- (denoted as NiO@FC) were prepared via a facile one-pot reaction and topotactic conversion. Specifically, NiO@FC exhibits excellent lithium storage performance: the capacity of NiO@FC is 489.2 mA h g-1, higher than that of NiO@C (1018.7 mA h g-1 at 0.2 A g-1), and maintains a capacity of 1133 mA h g-1 after 800 cycles, which exceed that of all previously reported NiO anodes. The enhanced lithium storage performance is attributed to the sufficient void space, which offers buffer space for volume change and speeds up the diffusion of Li+ ions. In addition, the surface functional groups were proved to not only hinder the agglomeration of nanosheets but also further donate active sites and improve storage capacity. These advantageous features achieved by designing such a stacked structure with functionalized carbon modification provide a promising strategy for the preparation of high-performance anode materials and other 2D functional materials.
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- Jiaxu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Controlling the morphology, size and phase of Nb2O5 crystals for high electrochemical performance. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ahmed S, Rafat M, Singh MK, Hashmi SA. A free-standing, flexible PEDOT:PSS film and its nanocomposites with graphene nanoplatelets as electrodes for quasi-solid-state supercapacitors. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:395401. [PMID: 29968570 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aad0b8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Research and development on all-solid-state, flexible supercapacitors is the prime concern of the scientific community these days due to their various advantages including their easy transportability, miniaturization, and compactness in different appliances. We report the novel configuration of all-solid symmetrical supercapacitors employing free-standing, flexible films of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and its nanocomposite electrodes with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), separated by ionic liquid (IL) (1-ethyl 3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate (EMITf))-based gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) films. The free-standing and flexible form of PEDOT:PSS/GNP nanocomposite films have been prepared via simple mixing of the two counterparts. Scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, Raman analysis, and thermal and mechanical characterizations have been performed to ascertain the suitability of pristine and nanocomposite PEDOT:PSS films as potential supercapacitor electrodes. The GPE film, comprising of a solution of NH4CF3SO3 (NH4-triflate or NH4Tf) in IL, entrapped in poly(vinylidine fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP), is a promising electrolyte due to its high ionic conductivity and sufficient electrochemical stability window. The supercapacitor with a PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite containing ∼3.8 wt.% of GNP has been found to give an optimum specific capacitance of ∼106 F g-1 (evaluated from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy), and specific energy and power of ∼6.95 Wh kg-1 and 2.58 kW kg-1, respectively (evaluated from galvanostatic charge-discharge). More importantly, the capacitors demonstrate stable performance for more than 2000 charge-discharge cycles, with only ∼10% initial fading in capacitance. Interestingly, the PEDOT:PSS/GNP nanocomposite-based solid-state supercapacitors with the IL-incorporated GPE have shown comparable (even better) performance than other reported PEDOT:PSS-based supercapacitors.
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- Sultan Ahmed
- Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, India
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