Enhancing Lithium-Ion Diffusion Kinetics in a 3D Lithium Metal Host through Surface Modification with Hierarchical Multimetal Oxides.

Lithium metal is a promising anode candidate to achieve high-energy-density lithium metal batteries (LMBs) due to its ultrahigh theoretical capacity (3860 mA h g) and low electrochemical potential (-3.04 V vs S.H.

Rapid Synthesis of Oxygen-Enriched Porous Carbon through a Microwave Method and Its Application in Supercapacitors.

In this study, a strategy for the rapid and simple preparation of porous carbon (PC) using the microwave method was proposed. Oxygen-rich PC was synthesized by microwave irradiation in air, where potassium citrate and ZnCl served as the carbon source and microwave absorber, respectively. ZnCl achieves microwave absorption through dipole rotation, which uses ion conduction to convert heat energy in the reaction system.

Wrapping silicon microparticles by using well-dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes for the preparation of high-performance lithium-ion battery anode.

Silicon microparticles (SiMPs) show considerable promise as an anode material in high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of their low-cost starting material and high capacity. The failure issues associated with the intrinsically low conductivity and significant volume expansion of Si have largely been resolved by designing silicon/carbon composites using carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The CNTs are important in terms of stress dissipation and the conductive network in Si/CNT composites.

Polyaniline-Encapsulated Hollow Co-Fe Prussian Blue Analogue Nanocubes Modified on a Polypropylene Separator To Improve the Performance of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

Recent studies of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have identified that a modified separator plays a critical role in challenging the capacity fading and shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). Herein, we report a polyaniline-encapsulated hollow Co-Fe Prussian blue analogue (CFP@PANI) for separator modification. The open frame-like hollow CFP was synthesized via oriented attachment (OA).