Multifunctional self-reconstructive cathode/electrolyte interphase layer for cobalt-free Li-rich layered
1. Introduction Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are prospective for independent applications in electric vehicles (EVs) as the next generation of energy storage devices, especially considering their relatively high energy and capacity, low
Electric double layer design for Zn-based batteries
Zinc-based batteries (ZBs) have recently attracted wide attention energy storage with cost-effectiveness and intrinsic safety. However, it suffers from poor interface stability between the zinc anode and the electrolyte. Although the structure of the electrical double layer (EDL) is the key factor governing the interfacial properties, its
Self‐Charged Dual‐Photoelectrode Vanadium–Iron Energy Storage Battery
The efficient utilization of solar energy in battery systems has emerged as a crucial strategy for promoting green and sustainable development. In this study, an innovative dual-photoelectrode vanadium–iron energy storage battery (Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) or Bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) as photoanodes, polythiophene (pTTh) as
A Stirred Self-Stratified Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage
Large-scale energy storage batteries are crucial in effectively utilizing intermittent renewable energy (such as wind and solar energy). To reduce battery fabrication costs, we propose a minimal-design stirred battery with a gravity-driven self-stratified architecture that contains a zinc anode at the bottom, an aqueous electrolyte in
Self-assembled Cobalt-doped NiMn-layered double hydroxide (LDH)/V2CTx MXene hybrids for advanced aqueous electrochemical energy storage properties
Self-assembled Cobalt-doped NiMn-layered double hydroxide (LDH)/V 2 CT x MXene hybrids for advanced aqueous electrochemical energy storage properties Author links open overlay panel Yuming Zhang a, Junming Cao a, Junzhi Li a, Zeyu Yuan a, Dongdong Li a, Lili Wang b, Wei Han a
Zinc ion Batteries: Bridging the Gap from Academia to Industry for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
While energy density may be a less concern for grid scale energy storage, a battery with a high cell-level energy density would make it more competitive for practical application. For example, sodium ion batteries were reported to reach 150 Wh kg −1, making them promising high-energy-density alternatives to LIBs that utilize LiFePO 4
A self-healing layered GeP anode for high-performance Li-ion batteries enabled by low formation energy
Among Group IVA-VA compounds, Ge and P could crystallize into an interesting monoclinic phase in the formula of GeP under extreme experimental conditions like high-temperature and high-pressure in 1970s [14].As shown in Fig. S1a, its crystal structure has an open layered framework with interlayer spacing of ∼6.3 Å, large enough
Layered double hydroxides: next promising materials for energy storage
Rechargeable metal-ion batteries (MIBs) are important energy storage devices with the advantages of high operating voltage, large energy density, low self-discharge and high safety [113]. Developing high-performance electrode materials is crucial for the successful application of MIBs.
A Layered Organic Cathode for High-Energy, Fast-Charging, and Long-Lasting Li-Ion Batteries
Eliminating the use of critical metals in cathode materials can accelerate global adoption of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Organic cathode materials, derived entirely from earth-abundant elements, are in principle ideal alternatives but have not yet challenged inorganic cathodes due to poor conductivity, low practical storage capacity, or
Construction of environmental-stable and high-rate layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are established as one of the most prospective commercial chemical energy storage components owing to the abundance and wide distribution of sodium sources [1, 2]. Among various cathode materials, the P2 structure layered oxides Na x TMO 2 (TM = Mn, Cr, Ni, Fe, etc.) have been intensively studied for
Architecting "Li-rich Ni-rich" core-shell layered cathodes for high-energy Li-ion batteries
Li-rich or Ni-rich layered oxides are considered ideal cathode materials for high-energy Li-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their high capacity (> 200 mAh g –1) and low cost. However, both are suffering from severe structural instability upon
CHAPTER 3 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
Lithium-ion batteries are the dominant electrochemical grid energy storage technology because of their extensive development history in consumer products and electric vehicles. Characteristics such as high energy density, high power, high efficiency, and low self-discharge have made them attractive for many grid applications.
Rechargeable aluminum-ion battery based on interface energy storage in two-dimensional layered
Rechargeable aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) are expected to be one of the most concerned energy storage devices due to their high theoretical specific capacity, low cost, and high safety. At present, to explore the positive material with a high aluminum ion storage capability is an important factor in the development of high-performance AIBs.
Pseudocapacitive Na-Ion Storage Boosts High Rate and Areal Capacity of Self-Branched 2D Layered
The abundant reserve and low cost of sodium have provoked tremendous evolution of Na-ion batteries (SIBs) in the past few years, but their performances are still limited by either the specific capacity or rate capability. Attempts to pursue high rate ability with maintained high capacity in a single electrode remains even more challenging. Here,
Ultra-thin and ultra-light self-lubricating layer with accelerated dynamics for anode-free lithium metal batteries
1. Introduction Lithium (Li) metal has long been considered as an ideal ultimate anode to break off the specific energy bottleneck of Li-ion batteries due to its delightfully high theoretical specific capacity (3860 mAh g −1), low redox potential (−3.04 V vs. RHE), and low density (0.534 g cm −3) [1], [2], [3], [4]..
Revealing the Potential and Challenges of High-Entropy Layered Cathodes for Sodium-Based Energy Storage
They propose that high-entropy layered oxide, with lower cobalt and nickel content, could be suitable for sodium battery technology, particularly in large-scale energy storage systems. In a similar vein, Tian and colleagues also investigated an O3-type layered high-entropy oxide, Na(Fe 0.2 Co 0.2 Ni 0.2 Ti 0.2 Sn 0.1 Li 0.1 )O 2, where a
Intercalated polyaniline in V2O5 as a unique vanadium oxide bronze cathode for highly stable aqueous zinc ion battery
Since polyaniline has been also reported as an active material [39] for charge storage in zinc ion batteries, we utilized the pure PANI as active material to investigate the capacity contribution. As shown in Fig. S7, the discharge capacity of the intercalated polyaniline is only 120 mAh g −1, which is much lower than both VHO and
Highly Rich 1T Metallic Phase of Few-Layered WS 2
Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), a two-dimensional (2D) nanostructured material, has, to a greater extent, technological applications in catalysis, sensors, lithium-ion batteries, and
Facile self-templated synthesis of P2-type Na0.7CoO2 microsheets as a long-term cathode for high-energy sodium-ion batteries
Sodium-ion batteries are one of the most promising candidates for large-scale energy storage systems due to the low cost of sodium source and their similar working principle to lithium-ion batteries. However, the demerit of poor cycling stability of the cathode severely restricts the advancement of sodium-io
Layer‐by‐Layer Self‐Assembled Nanostructured
This work presents aqueous layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly as a route towards design and fabrication of advanced lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with unprecedented control over the structure of the
Supercapacitors as next generation energy storage devices:
As evident from Table 1, electrochemical batteries can be considered high energy density devices with a typical gravimetric energy densities of commercially available battery systems in the region of 70–100 (Wh/kg).Electrochemical batteries
A Stirred Self-Stratified Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage: Joule
We introduce a stirred self-stratified battery (SSB) that has an extremely simple architecture formed by a gravity-driven process. The oxidizing catholyte is separated from the reducing Zn anode by a liquid aqueous electrolyte layer. The Coulombic efficiency is always higher than 99%, even when stirring is applied to promote the charge-discharge
A reversible self-assembled molecular layer for lithium metal
This electric-field assisted self-assembly layer enables fine tuning of the micro-environment at the cathode–electrolyte interface, and provides a new design
Fast kinetics of multivalent intercalation chemistry enabled by solvated magnesium-ions into self-established metallic layered materials
As one of the most promising post-lithium energy storage systems, rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) are highly promising because of their high volumetric capacity (3833 mA h cm −3), low
Two-dimensional heterostructures for energy storage
Large-scale battery-based energy storage is helping to improve the intermittency problems with renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and waves.
MXene chemistry, electrochemistry and energy storage applications
MXene-incorporated polymer electrolytes with high ionic conductivities have been used in various energy storage devices, including metal-ion batteries (Li +, Na +, Zn 2+), metal–gas systems and
Energy storage: The future enabled by nanomaterials
Lithium-ion batteries, which power portable electronics, electric vehicles, and stationary storage, have been recognized with the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The development of nanomaterials and
Manganese-based layered oxides for electrochemical energy storage
Manganese-based layered oxides for electrochemical energy storage: a review of degradation mechanisms and engineering strategies at the atomic level Shuo Sun† a, Jin Li† a, Cuixia Xu b, Teng Zhai * a and Hui Xia * a a Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and
Energy storage mechanism of monocrystalline layered FePS3 and FePSe3 as active materials for Mg batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are firmly established as the technology of choice, even as the demand for miniaturized albeit large-capacity energy storage devices increases [1], [2]. The diagonal element nearest to Li in the periodic table, Mg, has also attracted considerable interest as a negative electrode active material for rechargeable batteries.
Double-layer home energy management strategy for increasing PV self-consumption and cost reduction through appliances scheduling, EV, and storage
The most common energy storage technology is the battery storage system which has the potential to increase the self-consumption of PV electricity and has been discussed by many researchers. To show an example, Nyholm et al. (2016) . investigated the possibility of residential battery storage systems in increasing the self
A chemically self-charging aqueous zinc-ion battery
Chemically self-recharged zinc-ion batteries display an initial open-circuit voltage of about 1.05 V and a considerable discharge capacity of about 239 mAh g −1,
Ni-rich layered cathodes for lithium-ion batteries: From challenges
Abstract. Extending the limited driving range of current electric vehicles (EVs) necessitates the development of high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for which Ni-rich layered LiNi 1−x−y Co x Mn y O 2 and LiNi 1−x−y Co x Al y O 2 cathodes are considered promising cathode candidates. Although the capacity and cost of current
Regenerable Cu-intercalated MnO 2 layered cathode for highly cyclable energy dense batteries
Electrochemical performance of Bi-δ-MnO 2 with and without Cu Birnessite-layered structure is of resurgent interest for battery applications as an ionic intercalation material 37,38,39 and with
Intrinsic Self-Healing Chemistry for Next-Generation Flexible Energy Storage
The booming wearable/portable electronic devices industry has stimulated the progress of supporting flexible energy storage devices. Excellent performance of flexible devices not only requires the component units of each device to maintain the original performance under external forces, but also demands the overall device to be flexible in
A Stirred Self-Stratified Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage
A Stirred Self-Stratified Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage. We introduce a stirred self-stratified battery (SSB) that has an extremely simple architecture formed by a gravity-driven process. The oxidizing catholyte is separated from the reducing Zn anode by a liquid aqueous electrolyte layer. The Coulombic efficiency is always higher than
Anion chemistry in energy storage devices
From the development of halide ion batteries, aqueous FIBs and CIBs with 2D-layered materials as electrode materials may be promising choices for large-scale stationary energy storage. Surface and
