Self-Formed Channel Boosts Ultrafast Lithium Ion Storage in Fe 3 O 4 @Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanocapsule

Investigations into conversion-type materials such as transition-metal oxides have dominated in energy-storage systems, especially for lithium ion batteries in recent years. A common understanding of taking account of high energy density and high power density allows us to design reasonable electrod...

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Veröffentlicht in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2020-01, Vol.12 (1), p.527-537
Hauptverfasser: Duan, Huanhuan, Zhang, Shenkui, Chen, Zhuowen, Xu, Anding, Zhan, Shuzhong, Wu, Songping
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Investigations into conversion-type materials such as transition-metal oxides have dominated in energy-storage systems, especially for lithium ion batteries in recent years. A common understanding of taking account of high energy density and high power density allows us to design reasonable electrodes. In this study, the unique Fe O @nitrogen-doped carbon (denoted as Fe O @NC) nanocapsule with self-formed channels was synthesized based on a facile hydrothermal-coating-annealing route. With respect to the effect of this rational architecture on lithium-storage performance, excellent behavior (a high reversible capacity of 480 mAh g ) could be maintained at 20 A g during 1000 cycles, with an average Coulombic efficiency of 99.97%. It also means that such a Fe O @NC electrode can meet a fast-charge challenge (end-of-charge within ∼2 min). By a series of investigations, we certainly considered that uniform carbon coating improved electrical conductivity and acted as a buffer layer to accommodate volume variations of Fe O nanoparticles during cycling. It is more interesting that self-formed channels can effectively shorten the ion diffusion path and provide a necessary space to buffer volume expansion as well. Benefiting from these synergetic advantages, this Fe O @NC nanocapsule also delivered outstanding electrochemical performances in full cells.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.9b16184