Synthesis and Characterization of CuFe2O4 Nano/Submicron Wire–Carbon Nanotube Composites as Binder-free Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries
Abstract
Here, a series of one-dimensional CuFe2O4 nano/sub-micron wires possessing different diameters, crystal phases, and crystal sizes have been successfully generated using a facile template-assisted co precipitation reaction at room temperature, followed by a short post-annealing process. The diameter and the crystal structure of the resulting CuFe2O4 (CFO) wires were judiciously tuned by varying the pore size of the template and the post-annealing temperature, respectively. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were incorporated to generate CFO-CNT binder-free anodes, and multiple characterization techniques were employed with the goal of delineating the relationships between electrochemical behavior and the properties of both the CFO wires (crystal phase, wire diameter, crystal size) and the electrode architecture (binder-free vs. conventionally prepared approaches). The study reveals several notable findings. First, the crystal phase (cubic or tetragonal) did not influence the electrochemical behavior in this CFO system. Second, regarding crystallite size and wire diameter, CFO wires with larger crystallite sizes exhibit improved cycling stability, while wires possessing smaller diameters exhibiting higher capacities. Finally, the electrochemical behavior is strongly influenced by the electrode architecture, with CFO-CNT binder-free electrodes demonstrating significantly higher capacities and cycling stability compared to conventionally prepared coatings. The mechanism(s) associated with the high capacities under low current density butmore »
- Authors:
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- State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2M)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1438327
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-205692-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; binder-free electrode; copper ferrite; Li-ion batteries; nano/submicron wires; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; X-ray microfluorescence mapping
Citation Formats
Wang, Lei, Bock, David C., Li, Jing, Stach, Eric A., Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., and Takeuchi, Esther S. Synthesis and Characterization of CuFe2O4 Nano/Submicron Wire–Carbon Nanotube Composites as Binder-free Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b00244.
Wang, Lei, Bock, David C., Li, Jing, Stach, Eric A., Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., & Takeuchi, Esther S. Synthesis and Characterization of CuFe2O4 Nano/Submicron Wire–Carbon Nanotube Composites as Binder-free Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b00244
Wang, Lei, Bock, David C., Li, Jing, Stach, Eric A., Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., and Takeuchi, Esther S. Tue .
"Synthesis and Characterization of CuFe2O4 Nano/Submicron Wire–Carbon Nanotube Composites as Binder-free Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b00244. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1438327.
@article{osti_1438327,
title = {Synthesis and Characterization of CuFe2O4 Nano/Submicron Wire–Carbon Nanotube Composites as Binder-free Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries},
author = {Wang, Lei and Bock, David C. and Li, Jing and Stach, Eric A. and Marschilok, Amy C. and Takeuchi, Kenneth J. and Takeuchi, Esther S.},
abstractNote = {Here, a series of one-dimensional CuFe2O4 nano/sub-micron wires possessing different diameters, crystal phases, and crystal sizes have been successfully generated using a facile template-assisted co precipitation reaction at room temperature, followed by a short post-annealing process. The diameter and the crystal structure of the resulting CuFe2O4 (CFO) wires were judiciously tuned by varying the pore size of the template and the post-annealing temperature, respectively. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were incorporated to generate CFO-CNT binder-free anodes, and multiple characterization techniques were employed with the goal of delineating the relationships between electrochemical behavior and the properties of both the CFO wires (crystal phase, wire diameter, crystal size) and the electrode architecture (binder-free vs. conventionally prepared approaches). The study reveals several notable findings. First, the crystal phase (cubic or tetragonal) did not influence the electrochemical behavior in this CFO system. Second, regarding crystallite size and wire diameter, CFO wires with larger crystallite sizes exhibit improved cycling stability, while wires possessing smaller diameters exhibiting higher capacities. Finally, the electrochemical behavior is strongly influenced by the electrode architecture, with CFO-CNT binder-free electrodes demonstrating significantly higher capacities and cycling stability compared to conventionally prepared coatings. The mechanism(s) associated with the high capacities under low current density but limited electrochemical reversibility of CFO electrodes under high current density were probed via x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) mapping with sub-micron spatial resolution for the first time. Results suggest that the capacity of the binder-free electrodes under high rate is limited by the irreversible formation of Cu0, as well as limited reduction of Fe3+, to Fe2+ not Fe0. The results (1) shed fundamental insight into the reversibility of CuFe2O4 materials cycled at high current density and (2) demonstrate that a synergistic effort to control both active material morphology and electrode architecture is an effective strategy for optimizing electrochemical behavior.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.8b00244},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 10,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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