Publications by authors named "Xin-Xing Peng"

The first-cycle behavior of layered Li-rich oxides, including LiMnO activation and cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) formation, significantly influences their electrochemical performance. However, the LiMnO activation pathway and the CEI formation process are still controversial. Here, the first-cycle properties of xLiMnO·(1- x) LiNiCoMnO ( x = 0, 0.

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A composite consisting of cobalt and graphitic porous carbon (Co@GC-PC) is synthesized from bimetallic metal-organic frameworks and employed as the sulfur host for high-performance Li-S batteries. Because of the presence of a large surface area (724 m g) and an abundance of macro-/mesopores, the Co@GC-PC electrode is able to alleviate the debilitating effect originating from the volume expansion/contraction of sulfur species during the cycling process. Our in situ UV/vis analysis indicates that the existence of Co@GC-PC promotes the adsorption of polysulfides during the discharge process.

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Li3VO4 has been regarded as a new-type anode of lithium-ion batteries in recent years, which has a high theoretical specific capacity of 394 mAh g(-1), a proper potential for Li(+) insertion/deinsertion (∼1 V), and a good rate capacity. However, its low initial Coulombic efficiency, poor conductivity, and poor cycle performance restricts its development. In order to figure out the cause of the low initial Coulombic efficiency of Li3VO4 material, the nanosized Li3VO4 material was synthesized by citric acid-assisted sol-gel method.

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A facile and scalable single-step approach is employed to synthesize a bulk germanium electrode, which consists of nanoscale Ge-grains in ∼5 μm porous powders. This three-dimensional Ge electrode exhibits superior specific capacity (∼1500 mA h g(-1)) and cyclic performance, attributed to its unique lithiation/delithiation processes.

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Porous graphitic carbon of high specific surface area of 1416 m(2) g(-1) and high pore volume of 1.11 cm(3) g(-1) is prepared by using commercial CaCO3 nanoparticles as template and sucrose as carbon source followed by 1200 °C high-temperature calcination. Sulfur/porous graphitic carbon composites with ultra high sulfur loading of 88.

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