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Characterization of Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion Batteries Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques
Published on: November 11, 2013
Superación del compromiso entre la eficiencia প্রাথমিকভাবে coulómbica y el rendimiento de la velocidad en ánodos de
Zesheng Li1, Yufei Gao1, Wen Luo1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Abstract:
Hard carbon (HC) has emerged as a promising anode for sodium-ion batteries owing to its low-voltage plateau and cost-effectiveness. However, HC anodes still suffer from a performance trade-off between the initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and rate capability. To address this issue, we propose a scalable synthesis method, the melt-spinning technique (kilogram scale) with a hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) cross-linking-oxidation strategy, to multidimensionally regulate the structure of phenolic resin-derived hard carbon (CPF-1400) as high-performance anodes. Experimental studies demonstrate that the spatially cross-linked precursor with methylene bridge (-CH2-) and rich carbonyl groups (C═O) effectively suppresses excessive graphitization (even at 1400 °C) and enlarges the spacing of carbon interlayers from 0.367 to 0.381 nm. Additionally, it enables the reduction of the specific surface area to merely 1.4 m2 g-1 and generates abundant and suitable-sized closed pores (0.315 cm3 g-1, 1.26 nm) for CPF-1400. Therefore, CPF-1400 delivers an exceptional reversible sodium storage capacity of 431 mAh g-1 with an unprecedentedly high ICE of 95%. Notably, it also retains a rate capability of 308 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1, and it achieves a high energy density of 293 Wh kg-1 assembled in full cells. Electrochemical analyses combined with in situ characterizations demonstrate a three-stage sodium storage mechanism in hard carbon and elucidate the correlation between the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) and battery performance.
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