Light Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries Using V2O5 Cathodes

Solar energy is one of the most actively pursued renewable energy sources, but like many other sustainable energy sources, its intermittent character means solar cells have to be connected to an energy storage system to balance production and demand. To improve the efficiency of this energy conversi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nano letters 2021-04, Vol.21 (8), p.3527-3532
Hauptverfasser: Boruah, Buddha Deka, Wen, Bo, De Volder, Michael
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Solar energy is one of the most actively pursued renewable energy sources, but like many other sustainable energy sources, its intermittent character means solar cells have to be connected to an energy storage system to balance production and demand. To improve the efficiency of this energy conversion and storage process, photobatteries have recently been proposed where one of the battery electrodes is made from a photoactive material that can directly be charged by light without using solar cells. Here, we present photorechargeable lithium-ion batteries (Photo-LIBs) using photocathodes based on vanadium pentoxide nanofibers mixed with P3HT and rGO additives. These photocathodes support the photocharge separation and transportation process needed to recharge. The proposed Photo-LIBs show capacity enhancements of more than 57% under illumination and can be charged to ∼2.82 V using light and achieve conversion efficiencies of ∼2.6% for 455 nm illumination and ∼0.22% for 1 sun illumination.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00298