Inorganic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(28), P. 13100 - 13109
Published: July 2, 2024
Rechargeable
aqueous
zinc-ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
have
developed
into
one
of
the
most
attractive
materials
for
large-scale
energy
storage
owing
to
their
advantages
such
as
high
density,
low
cost,
and
environmental
friendliness.
Nevertheless,
sluggish
diffusion
kinetics
inherent
impoverished
conductivity
affect
practical
application.
Herein,
β-MnO
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Core-shell
silicon/multiwall
carbon
nanotubes
are
one
of
the
most
promising
anode
candidates
for
further
improvement
lithium-ion
batteries.
Sufficient
accommodation
massive
volume
expansion
silicon
during
lithiation
process
and
preventing
pulverization
delamination
with
easy
fabrication
processes
still
critical
issues
practical
applications.
In
this
study,
core-shell
silicon/MWCNTs
materials
were
synthesized
using
a
facile
controllable
PECVD
technique
to
realize
aligned
MWCNTs
followed
by
sputtering
step.
The
use
direct
growth
multi-walled
on
current
collector
creates
low
tortuosity,
flexible,
conductive
scaffold,
which,
in
addition
CNT
agglomeration,
alleviates
active
material
from
collector,
leading
formation
an
electrode
unique
electrochemical
performance.
CNT-Si
can
achieve
excellent
gravimetric
specific
capacity
3250
mAh/g
under
rate
C/5
99.8%
retention
after
more
than
700
cycles.
Electron
microscopy
revealed
that
structure
has
maintained
its
integrity
stability
long
cycling
(700
cycles
more).
Apart
achieving
high
charging
capacity,
such
configuration
leads
facile,
inexpensive
free-standing
binder-free
electrodes
no
need
polymeric
binders.
Coatings,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(7), P. 832 - 832
Published: July 3, 2024
Commercialized
lithium
iron
phosphate
(LiFePO4)
batteries
have
become
mainstream
energy
storage
due
to
their
incomparable
advantages
in
safety,
stability,
and
low
cost.
However,
LiFePO4
(LFP)
still
the
problems
of
capacity
decline,
poor
low-temperature
performance,
etc.
The
are
mainly
caused
by
following
reasons:
(1)
irreversible
phase
transition
LiFePO4;
(2)
formation
cathode–electrolyte
interface
(CEI)
layer;
(3)
dissolution
elements;
(4)
oxidative
decomposition
electrolyte;
(5)
repeated
growth
thickening
solid–electrolyte
(SEI)
film
on
anode
electrode;
(6)
structural
deterioration
graphite
anodes;
(7)
dendrites.
In
order
eliminate
problems,
methods
such
as
modification,
doping,
coating
cathode
materials,
electrolyte
design,
been
studied
effectively
improve
electrochemical
performance
LFP
batteries.
This
review
briefly
describes
working
principle
battery,
crystal
structure
material,
its
a
cathode.
degradation
mechanism
is
summarized
three
aspects—cathode
electrolyte—and
research
status
material
modification
design
emphatically
discussed.
Finally,
challenges
future
development
prospected.
To
meet
the
rising
demand
for
energy
storage,
high-capacity
Si
anode-based
lithium-ion
batteries
(LIBs)
with
extended
cycle
life
and
fast-charging
capabilities
are
essential.
However,
anodes
face
challenges
such
as
significant
volume
expansion
low
electrical
conductivity.
This
study
synthesizes
a
porous
spherical
Si/Multi-Walled
Carbon
Nanotube
(MWCNT)@C
anode
material
via
spray
drying,
combining
nanoparticles,
MWCNT
dispersion,
sucrose,
carboxymethyl
cellulose
(CMC).
The
incorporation
creates
robust
3D
conductive
network
within
microspheres,
enhancing
Li+
diffusion
improving
fast-charging/discharging
performance.
After
300
cycles
at
1
A
g–1,
achieved
discharge
capacity
of
536.6
mA
h
g–1
80.5%
retention.
Additionally,
integrating
Single-Walled
Nanotubes
(SWCNTs)
further
enhanced
retention
in
binder-free,
self-supporting
electrode
created
through
vacuum
filtration.
Si/MWCNT@C//LiFePO4
full
cell
exhibited
an
initial
Coulombic
efficiency
(ICE)
exceeding
80%,
specific
72.4
79.8%
after
400
g–1.
offers
promising
strategy
performance
structural
design
anodes.
ChemistrySelect,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(6)
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
have
garnered
extensive
attention
due
to
their
high
safety
and
low‐cost
nature.
However,
the
advancement
of
AZIBs
is
hindered
by
low
capacity
cost
cathode
materials.
Amorphous
materials,
with
compositional
structural
versatility,
enable
optimization
properties
meet
specific
requirements.
In
this
work,
amorphous
xZnO‐(50‐x)Fe
2
O
3
‐
50P
5
(x
=
15,
20,
25,
30,
35,
40,
mol%)
materials
were
employed
in
investigated
changes
internal
structure
glass
during
Zn
substitution
for
Fe
impact
on
electrochemical
performance.
The
characterized
XRD,
FTIR,
SEM,
EDS.
Acid‐resistance
density
tests
carried
out
analyze
compactness
Moreover,
bulk
resistivity
used
explore
variations
composition
conductivity.
Electrochemical
performance
was
evaluated
through
impedance
spectroscopy
galvanostatic
charge‐discharge
tests.
Additionally,
graphene
composite
technology
enhance
electrical
When
content
ratio
reached
2,
optimized,
exhibiting
cycle
stability
(capacity
stabilized
at
32.83
mAh/g
after
400
cycles
50
mA/g
Coulombic
efficiency
approaching
100%).
This
indicates
a
promising
new
future
AZIBs.