Caging Tin Oxide in Three-dimensional Graphene Networks for Superior Volumetric Lithium Storage

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2018 Jan 28

PMID 29374156

Citations 13

Authors

Junwei Han

Debin Kong

Wei Lv

Dai-Ming Tang

Daliang Han

Chao Zhang

Donghai Liu

Zhichang Xiao

Xinghao Zhang

Jing Xiao

Xinzi He

Feng-Chun Hsia

Chen Zhang

Ying Tao

Dmitri Golberg

Feiyu Kang

Linjie Zhi

Quan-Hong Yang

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Abstract

Tin and its compounds hold promise for the development of high-capacity anode materials that could replace graphitic carbon used in current lithium-ion batteries. However, the introduced porosity in current electrode designs to buffer the volume changes of active materials during cycling does not afford high volumetric performance. Here, we show a strategy leveraging a sulfur sacrificial agent for controlled utility of void space in a tin oxide/graphene composite anode. In a typical synthesis using the capillary drying of graphene hydrogels, sulfur is employed with hard tin oxide nanoparticles inside the contraction hydrogels. The resultant graphene-caged tin oxide delivers an ultrahigh volumetric capacity of 2123 mAh cm together with good cycling stability. Our results suggest not only a conversion-type composite anode that allows for good electrochemical characteristics, but also a general synthetic means to engineering the packing density of graphene nanosheets for high energy storage capabilities in small volumes.

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