A scalable approach of using biomass derived glycerol to synthesize cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Abstract
Glycerol, a main byproduct of biodiesel, was used as the fuel agent in a scalable flame-assisted spray pyrolysis approach to synthesize micron-size cathode materials. Single droplet combustion, particle morphology, and electrochemical performance were examined considering the effects of salt concentration, water addition, and post-annealing time on synthesizing Li(Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O2 (NCM111) cathode materials. Single droplet tests showed that a sufficient amount of water in the glycerol-based precursor could delay droplet inflation and ignition. Moreover, using a two-fluid atomization nozzle, spray tests demonstrated that adding water would result in less wrinkled and more uniform particles. Nevertheless, increasing water proportion in the precursor could reduce the reaction heat, resulting in that samples prepared with water addition needed longer post-annealing time to improve their electrochemical performance. Using the precursor without water, the best performed NCM111 cathode material was synthesized with only 2 h of post-annealing. It has a discharge capacity of 163.3 mAh/g at 0.1C and 85.5% capacity retention at 1C after 100 cycles. Furthermore, the current work confirmed the capability of using glycerol as a sustainable fuel agent to synthesize NCM111 cathode materials, and also provided basic conditions for the development of large-scale production in the future.
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[2];
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office; USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1822896
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1693933
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007282
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 271; Journal ID: ISSN 0959-6526
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Glycerol; Lithium-ion battery; Flame assisted spray pyrolysis; Droplet; Li(Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O2
Citation Formats
Zhang, Jianan, Singh, Gurjap, Xu, Siqi, Hamad, Khaleel, Ratner, Albert, and Xing, Yangchuan. A scalable approach of using biomass derived glycerol to synthesize cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122518.
Zhang, Jianan, Singh, Gurjap, Xu, Siqi, Hamad, Khaleel, Ratner, Albert, & Xing, Yangchuan. A scalable approach of using biomass derived glycerol to synthesize cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122518
Zhang, Jianan, Singh, Gurjap, Xu, Siqi, Hamad, Khaleel, Ratner, Albert, and Xing, Yangchuan. Tue .
"A scalable approach of using biomass derived glycerol to synthesize cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122518. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1822896.
@article{osti_1822896,
title = {A scalable approach of using biomass derived glycerol to synthesize cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries},
author = {Zhang, Jianan and Singh, Gurjap and Xu, Siqi and Hamad, Khaleel and Ratner, Albert and Xing, Yangchuan},
abstractNote = {Glycerol, a main byproduct of biodiesel, was used as the fuel agent in a scalable flame-assisted spray pyrolysis approach to synthesize micron-size cathode materials. Single droplet combustion, particle morphology, and electrochemical performance were examined considering the effects of salt concentration, water addition, and post-annealing time on synthesizing Li(Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O2 (NCM111) cathode materials. Single droplet tests showed that a sufficient amount of water in the glycerol-based precursor could delay droplet inflation and ignition. Moreover, using a two-fluid atomization nozzle, spray tests demonstrated that adding water would result in less wrinkled and more uniform particles. Nevertheless, increasing water proportion in the precursor could reduce the reaction heat, resulting in that samples prepared with water addition needed longer post-annealing time to improve their electrochemical performance. Using the precursor without water, the best performed NCM111 cathode material was synthesized with only 2 h of post-annealing. It has a discharge capacity of 163.3 mAh/g at 0.1C and 85.5% capacity retention at 1C after 100 cycles. Furthermore, the current work confirmed the capability of using glycerol as a sustainable fuel agent to synthesize NCM111 cathode materials, and also provided basic conditions for the development of large-scale production in the future.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122518},
journal = {Journal of Cleaner Production},
number = ,
volume = 271,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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