Lithium metal, the ideal anode material for next-generation high-energy batteries, suffers from the severe safety problem of Li dendrites. Herein, we report a simple approach to effectively maintain the morphology of ...Lithium metal, the ideal anode material for next-generation high-energy batteries, suffers from the severe safety problem of Li dendrites. Herein, we report a simple approach to effectively maintain the morphology of Li-metal anode and enhance the cycling performance of Li batteries by surface coating of a porous polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) thin film. In symmetrical cells testing, the cells with the Li@PVDF electrode display stable cycling performance more than 1300 h (650 cycles) at the current density of 0.5 mA/cm^2 with a stripping/plating capacity of 0.5 mAh/cm^2. The results with full cells employing Li@PVDF anode and LiFePO_4 cathode show a good cycling ability with a capacity retention of 80.0% after 500 cycles at 4 C and an excellent rate capability with a high capacity of 78.4 mAh/g even at a high rate of 10 C.展开更多
With inorganic salts such as LiNO3, Li2CO3, surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 were prepared by melt-impregnation method. When these surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 were used as cathode materials, their charge-discharge c...With inorganic salts such as LiNO3, Li2CO3, surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 were prepared by melt-impregnation method. When these surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 were used as cathode materials, their charge-discharge characters were carefully compared. As a result, they exhibited good charge-discharge properties at 50oC high temperature. Especially, LiNO3 surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 retained nearly 80% initial reversible capacity after 130 cycles at 50oC.展开更多
Lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)require separators with high performance and safety to meet the increasing demands for energy storage applications.Coating electrochemically inert ceramic materials on conventional polyolefi...Lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)require separators with high performance and safety to meet the increasing demands for energy storage applications.Coating electrochemically inert ceramic materials on conventional polyolefin separators can enhance stability but comes at the cost of increased weight and decreased capacity of the battery.Herein,a novel separator coated with lithium iron phosphate(LFP),an active cathode material,is developed via a simple and scalable process.The LFP-coated separator exhibits superior thermal stability,mechanical strength,electrolyte wettability,and ionic conductivity than the conventional polyethylene(PE)separator.Moreover,the LFP coating can actively participate in the electrochemical reaction during the charge-discharge process,thus enhancing the capacity of the battery.The results show that the LFP-coated separator can increase the cell capacity by 26%,and improve the rate capability by 29%at 4 C compared with the conventional PE separator.The LFP-coated separator exhibits only 1.1%thermal shrinkage at 140°C,a temperature even above the melting point of PE.This work introduces a new strategy for designing separators with dual functions for the next-generation LIBs with improved performance and safety.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos. 21621091, 21273184)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No. 2016YFB0100202)
文摘Lithium metal, the ideal anode material for next-generation high-energy batteries, suffers from the severe safety problem of Li dendrites. Herein, we report a simple approach to effectively maintain the morphology of Li-metal anode and enhance the cycling performance of Li batteries by surface coating of a porous polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) thin film. In symmetrical cells testing, the cells with the Li@PVDF electrode display stable cycling performance more than 1300 h (650 cycles) at the current density of 0.5 mA/cm^2 with a stripping/plating capacity of 0.5 mAh/cm^2. The results with full cells employing Li@PVDF anode and LiFePO_4 cathode show a good cycling ability with a capacity retention of 80.0% after 500 cycles at 4 C and an excellent rate capability with a high capacity of 78.4 mAh/g even at a high rate of 10 C.
文摘With inorganic salts such as LiNO3, Li2CO3, surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 were prepared by melt-impregnation method. When these surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 were used as cathode materials, their charge-discharge characters were carefully compared. As a result, they exhibited good charge-discharge properties at 50oC high temperature. Especially, LiNO3 surface-coated LiMn2O3.95F0.05 retained nearly 80% initial reversible capacity after 130 cycles at 50oC.
基金supported by the Natural Science foundation of China(51972043)the Sichuan-Hong Kong Collaborative Research Fund(2021YFH0184)the Natural Science foundation of Sichuan Province(2023NSFSC0417)。
文摘Lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)require separators with high performance and safety to meet the increasing demands for energy storage applications.Coating electrochemically inert ceramic materials on conventional polyolefin separators can enhance stability but comes at the cost of increased weight and decreased capacity of the battery.Herein,a novel separator coated with lithium iron phosphate(LFP),an active cathode material,is developed via a simple and scalable process.The LFP-coated separator exhibits superior thermal stability,mechanical strength,electrolyte wettability,and ionic conductivity than the conventional polyethylene(PE)separator.Moreover,the LFP coating can actively participate in the electrochemical reaction during the charge-discharge process,thus enhancing the capacity of the battery.The results show that the LFP-coated separator can increase the cell capacity by 26%,and improve the rate capability by 29%at 4 C compared with the conventional PE separator.The LFP-coated separator exhibits only 1.1%thermal shrinkage at 140°C,a temperature even above the melting point of PE.This work introduces a new strategy for designing separators with dual functions for the next-generation LIBs with improved performance and safety.
