Issue 10, 2019

High capacity vanadium oxide electrodes: effective recycling through thermal treatment

Abstract

This study demonstrates that thermal regeneration is an effective approach to convert degraded phases to functioning electroactive materials, restore functional delivered capacity and recover material crystallinity while retaining the integrity of the parent electrode. V2O5 nanowires were synthesized through a facile hydrothermal method and used to fabricate V2O5/carbon nanotube (CNT) binder free electrodes. Discharge of the V2O5–CNT electrodes coupled with operando energy dispersive X-ray diffraction shows no evidence of phase segregation throughout the 150 μm thick binder free electrodes indicating full utilization of a thick electrode. When V2O5 is highly electrochemically lithiated (x > 2 in LixV2O5), irreversible phase transformation to ω-LixV2O5 was observed, accompanied by a capacity decrease of ∼40% over 100 cycles. A simple thermal treatment of the entire electrode results in a delivered capacity equal to or higher than the original value. Both phase conversion and an increase in material crystallinity as a result of thermal treatment are observed where structural analysis indicates the formation of Li1V3O8. The electrode design approach with thick electrodes and functional thermal regeneration may provide a broader choice of electroactive materials through decreasing the environmental burden by extending the lifetime of energy storage systems.

Graphical abstract: High capacity vanadium oxide electrodes: effective recycling through thermal treatment

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Marts 2019
Accepted
17 Jūn. 2019
First published
18 Jūn. 2019

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019,3, 2615-2626

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High capacity vanadium oxide electrodes: effective recycling through thermal treatment

J. Huang, L. M. Housel, L. Wang, A. M. Bruck, C. D. Quilty, A. Abraham, D. M. Lutz, C. R. Tang, A. Kiss, J. Thieme, K. J. Takeuchi, E. S. Takeuchi and A. C. Marschilok, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019, 3, 2615 DOI: 10.1039/C9SE00188C

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