Yolk-Shell Germanium@Polypyrrole Architecture with Precision Expansion Void Control for Lithium Ion Batteries

Overview

Journal iScience

Publisher Cell Press

Date 2018 Nov 27

PMID 30476790

Citations 5

Authors

Runwei Mo

David Rooney

Kening Sun

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Abstract

The key properties of yolk-shell architecture in improving electrochemical performance lies in its uniformity and the appropriate void space, which can expand/contract freely upon lithium alloying and leaching without damaging the outer shell, while being achievable with minimal sacrifice of volumetric energy density. Therefore, we developed a highly controllable strategy to fabricate a uniform porous germanium@polypyrrole (PGe@PPy) yolk-shell architecture with conformal AlO sacrificial layer by atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The PGe@PPy yolk-shell anode fabricated with 300 ALD cycles delivers excellent electrochemical performance: high reversible capacity (1,220 mA hr g), long cycle performance (>95% capacity retention after 1,000 cycles), and excellent rate capability (>750 mA hr g at 32 A g). Electrodes with high areal capacity and current density were also successfully fabricated, opening a new pathway to develop high-capacity electrode materials with large volume expansion.

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