Issue 29, 2021

Improvement of alkali metal ion batteries via interlayer engineering of anodes: from graphite to graphene

Abstract

Interlayer engineering of graphite anodes in alkali metal ion (M = Li, Na, and K) batteries is carried out based on the first-principles calculations. By increasing the interlayer spacing of graphite, the specific capacity of Li or Na does not increase while that of K increases continuously (from 279 mA h g−1 at the equilibrium interlayer spacing to 1396 mA h g−1 at the interlayer spacing of 20.0 Å). As the interlayer spacing increases, the electrostatic potential of graphite becomes smoother, and the ability to buffer the electrostatic potential fluctuation becomes poorer in M ions. These two effects jointly lead to minima of the diffusion barrier of M ions on graphite (0.01–0.05 eV), instead of strictly monotonous declines with the increasing interlayer spacing. To perform the interlayer engineering of anode candidates more efficiently, a set of high-throughput programs has been developed and can be easily applied to other systems. Our research has guiding significance for achieving the optimal effect in interlayer engineering experimentally.

Graphical abstract: Improvement of alkali metal ion batteries via interlayer engineering of anodes: from graphite to graphene

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Mar 2021
Accepted
24 Juu 2021
First published
24 Juu 2021

Nanoscale, 2021,13, 12521-12533

Improvement of alkali metal ion batteries via interlayer engineering of anodes: from graphite to graphene

J. Ma, C. Yang, X. Ma, S. Liu, J. Yang, L. Xu, J. Gao, R. Quhe, X. Sun, J. Yang, F. Pan, X. Yang and J. Lu, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 12521 DOI: 10.1039/D1NR01946E

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements