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Title: High capacity 3D structured tin-based electroplated Li-ion battery anodes

Journal Article · · Energy Storage Materials

3D structured porous electrodes have been considered as a possible solution for accommodating the volume change of alloying lithium ion battery anode materials during cycling. However, lab-scale porous electrodes tend to be thin, and the loading of the activity materials is also small, the combination of which results in electrodes with impractically low areal and volumetric capacities. In this work, we develop a high areal and volumetric capacity 3D-structured Sn/C anode by using a two steps electroplating process. An electrode with a 20% v/v Sn loading exhibits a high volumetric/areal capacity of similar to 879 mA h/cm3/6.59 mA h/cm2 after 100 cycles at 0.5 C and a good rate performance of about 750 mA h/cm3 and 5.5 mA h/cm2 (delithiation) at 10 C in a half-cell configuration. The 3D Sn/C anode also shows good compatibility with a commercial LCO cathode in a full cell configuration.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-07ER46471
OSTI ID:
1606379
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1637212
Journal Information:
Energy Storage Materials, Vol. 17, Issue C; ISSN 2405-8297
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 28 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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