Issue 8, 2023

Photo-enhanced lithium-ion batteries using metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

The development of photo-enhanced lithium-ion batteries, where exposing the electrodes to light results in higher capacities, higher rate performance or self-charging, has recently gained substantial traction. The challenge in these devices lies in the realisation of photo-electrodes with good optical and electrochemical properties. Herein, we propose copper-hexahydroxybenzene as the active photo-electrode material which both harvests light and stores energy. This material was mixed with reduced graphene oxide as a conductive additive and charge transfer medium to create photo-active electrodes. Under illumination, these electrodes show improved charge storage kinetics resulting in the photo-accelerated charging and discharging performance (i.e. specific capacities improvement from 107 mA h g−1 to 126 mA h g−1 at 200 mA g−1 and 79 mA h g−1 to 97 mA h g−1 at 2000 mA g−1 under 1 sun illumination as compared to dark).

Graphical abstract: Photo-enhanced lithium-ion batteries using metal–organic frameworks

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 jan. 2023
Accepted
20 jan. 2023
First published
26 jan. 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 4000-4005

Photo-enhanced lithium-ion batteries using metal–organic frameworks

H. Andersen, Y. Lu, J. Borowiec, I. P. Parkin, M. De Volder and B. Deka Boruah, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 4000 DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00257H

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