Two-Dimensional Holey Nanoarchitectures Created by Confined Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles via Block Copolymers: From Synthesis to Energy Storage Property

Peng, Lele; Fang, Zhiwei; Li, Jing; Wang, Lei; Bruck, Andrea M.; Zhu, Yue; Zhang, Yiman; Takeuchi, Kenneth J.; Marschilok, Amy C.; Stach, Eric A.; Takeuchi, Esther S.; Yu, Guihua

doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b08186

Title: Two-Dimensional Holey Nanoarchitectures Created by Confined Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles via Block Copolymers: From Synthesis to Energy Storage Property

Journal Article · 20 December 2017 · ACS Nano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b08186 · OSTI ID:1434773

Peng, Lele ^[1]; Fang, Zhiwei ^[1]; Li, Jing ^[2]; Wang, Lei ^[3]; Bruck, Andrea M. ^[3]; Zhu, Yue ^[1]; Zhang, Yiman ^[3]; Takeuchi, Kenneth J. ^[3];

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The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Advances in liquid-phase exfoliation and surfactant-directed anisotropic growth of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets have enabled their rapid development. However, it remains challenging to develop assembly strategies that lead to the construction of 2D nanomaterials with well-defined geometry and functional nanoarchitectures that are tailored to specific applications. Here we report a facile self-assembly method leading to the controlled synthesis of 2D transition metal oxide (TMO) nanosheets containing a high density of holes. We utilize graphene oxide sheets as a sacrificial template and Pluronic copolymers as surfactant. By using ZnFe₂O₄ (ZFO) nanoparticles as a model material, we demonstrate that by tuning the molecular weight of the Pluronic copolymers that we can incorporate the ZFO particles and tune the size of the holes in the sheets. The resulting 2D ZFO nanosheets offer synergistic characteristics including increased electrochemically active surface areas, shortened ion diffusion paths, and strong inherent mechanical properties, leading to enhanced lithium-ion storage properties. Post-cycling characterization confirms that the samples maintain structural integrity after electrochemical cycling. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that this template-assisted self-assembly method is a useful bottom-up route for controlled synthesis of 2D nanoarchitectures, and these holey 2D nanoarchitectures are promising for improving the electrochemical performance of nextgeneration lithium-ion batteries.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2M)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1434773

Report Number(s):: BNL-203553-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 12, Issue 1; ISSN 1936-0851

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Country of Publication:: United States

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