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Li J, Wang C, Yu Z, Chen Y, Wei L. MXenes for Zinc-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices. Small 2023:e2304543. [PMID: 37528715 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304543] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
Abstract
As an economical and safer alternative to lithium, zinc (Zn) is promising for realizing new high-performance electrochemical energy storage devices, such as Zn-ion batteries, Zn-ion hybrid capacitors, and Zn-air batteries. Well-designed electrodes are needed to enable efficient Zn electrochemistry for energy storage. Two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) are emerging materials with unique electrical, mechanical, and electrochemical properties and versatile surface chemistry. They are potential material candidates for constructing high-performance electrodes of Zn-based energy storage devices. This review first briefly introduces the working mechanisms of the three Zn-based energy storage devices. Then, the recent progress on the synthesis, chemical functionalization, and structural design of MXene-based electrodes is summarized. Their performance in Zn-based devices is analyzed to establish relations between material properties, electrode structures, and device performance. Last, several research topics are proposed to be addressed for developing practical MXene-based electrodes for Zn-based energy storage devices to enable their commercialization and broad adoption in the near future.
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- Jing Li
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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Hu X, Chen Y, Xu W, Zhu Y, Kim D, Fan Y, Yu B, Chen Y. 3D-Printed Thermoplastic Polyurethane Electrodes for Customizable, Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries with an Ultra-Long Lifetime. Small 2023; 19:e2301604. [PMID: 37093454 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301604] [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: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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3D printing technology has demonstrated great potential in fabricating flexible and customizable high-performance batteries, which are highly desired in the forthcoming intelligent and ubiquitous energy era. However, a significant performance gap, especially in cycling stability, still exists between the 3D-printed and conventional electrodes, seriously limiting the practical applications of 3D-printed batteries. Here, for the first time, a series of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-based 3D-printed electrodes is developed via fused deposition modeling for flexible and customizable high-performance lithium-ion batteries. The TPU-based electrode filaments in kilogram order are prepared via a facile extrusion method. As a result, the electrodes are well-printed with high dimensional accuracy, flexibility, and mechanical stability. Notably, 3D-printed TPU-LFP electrodes exhibit a capacity retention of 100% after 300 cycles at 1C, which is among the best cycling performance of all the reported 3D-printed electrodes. Such excellent performance is associated with the superb stress cushioning properties of the TPU-based electrodes that can accommodate the volume change during the cycling and thus significantly prevent the collapse of 3D-printed electrode structures. The findings not only provide a new avenue to achieve customizable and flexible batteries but also guide a promising way to erase the performance gap between 3D-printed and conventional lithium-ion batteries.
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- Xin Hu
- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
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