• 文献标题:   "Nano-spring" confined in a shrinkable graphene cage towards self-adaptable high-capacity anodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIAO J, HAN JW, KONG DB, SHI HF, DU XJ, ZHAO ZY, CHEN FQ, LAN P, WU SC, ZHANG YF, YANG QH
  • 作者关键词:   lithiumion batterie, silicon anode, volumetric capacity, graphene, carbon nanotube
  • 出版物名称:   ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2405-8297 EI 2405-8289
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  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ensm.2022.05.034 EA JUN 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

High-capacity Li-ion battery anode materials, normally coated with carbons, suffer from the issue of mismatch between the dynamic noncarbon cores and the static carbon shells upon lithiation and de-lithiation. Here, we build a self-adaptable electrical and mechanical carbon network by embedding the carbon nanotubes into a capillary-shrinking graphene hydrogel forming "nano-springs " to robustly connect and buffer the active non carbon nanoparticles. This produced dense carbon cage can buffer the volume fluctuations of noncarbons and simultaneously retain a dynamic electrical connectivity with expanding/contracting noncarbon nanoparticles during charging and discharging. With this self-adaptable carbon structure for noncarbon nanoparticles (typically the tin oxide and silicon), high volumetric capacities (up to 1920 mAh cm-3) together with long cycle life (up to 600 cycles) and very limited electrode expansion are achieved in the nanosized yet compact noncarbon anode.