Silica Restricting the Sulfur Volatilization of Nickel Sulfide for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

Li, Qidong; Li, Li; Wu, Peijie; Xu, Nuo; Wang, Liang; Li, Matthew; Dai, Alvin; Amine, Khalil; Mai, Liqiang; Lu, Jun

doi:10.1002/aenm.201901153

Silica Restricting the Sulfur Volatilization of Nickel Sulfide for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

Journal Article · Mon Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201901153· OSTI ID:1581002

Li, Qidong ^[1]; Li, Li ^[2]; Wu, Peijie ^[2]; Xu, Nuo ^[2]; Wang, Liang ^[3]; Li, Matthew ^[4]; Dai, Alvin ^[4]; Amine, Khalil ^[4]; Mai, Liqiang ^[2]; ^[4]

Wuhan Univ. of Technology (China); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Wuhan Univ. of Technology (China)
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Nickel sulfides are regarded as promising anode materials for advanced rechargeable lithium-ion batteries due to their high theoretical capacity. However, capacity fade arising from significant volume changes during operation greatly limits their practical applications. Herein, confined NiS_x@C yolk-shell microboxes are constructed to address volume changes and confine the active material in the internal void space. Having benefited from the yolk-shell structure design, the prepared NiSx@C yolk-shell microboxes display excellent electrochemical performance in lithium-ion batteries. Particularly, it delivers impressive cycle stability (460 mAh g^-1 after 2000 cycles at 1 A g^-1) and superior rate performance (225 mAh g^-1 at 20 A g^-1). Furthermore, the lithium storage mechanism is ascertained with in situ synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffractions and in situ electrochemical impedance spectra. Finally, this unique confined yolk-shell structure may open up new strategies to create other advanced electrode materials for high performance electrochemical storage systems.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China; National Key R&D Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1581002

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1570393
OSTI ID: 23098860

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 43 Vol. 9; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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