Improved lithium storage capacity and high rate capability of nitrogen-doped graphite-like electrode materials prepared from thermal pyrolysis of graphene quantum dots
Abstract
Adopting a solid-phase microwave-assisted technique followed by thermal pyrolysis of N-functionalized graphene quantum dots, novel nitrogen-doped graphite-like (NGL) electrode materials were synthesized in this work and served as the anode for Li-ion batteries. The NGL anode demonstrated reversible capacity of 530 mAh g-1 at 0.1C, superior rate capability at high C rate operation (420 mAh g-1 at 5C), remarkable initial coulombic efficiency (>95.7%), and excellent cyclic stability along with high efficiency (>99.1%) during entire cycling. The NGL anode nanostructure enables improved lithium ion mobility and reversible Li+ storage during cycling. The analysis of the Ragone plots revealed that the specific energy of NGL anode reaches to ca. 840 Wh kg-1 at the power density of 4200 W kg-1. The diffusion coefficient of Li ions was measured as 1.69 × 10-9 cm2 s-1 for the NGL anode material, substantially improving over commonly used graphite electrodes (15–26 times higher Li+ diffusivity). The high-rate cyclability as well as the cyclic stability of the NGL anodes were also confirmed via long-term cycling of full pouch cells assembled with ternary cathode and NGL anode. The robust design of the NGL anode materials introduced in this work, paves the way for designing next-generation lithium-ion batteries operatingmore »
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- Xiamen Univ. of Technology (China)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Yuan Ze Univ., Taoyuan (Taiwan); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Yuan Ze Univ., Taoyuan (Taiwan)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST); Chang Gung Medical Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1648881
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; CMRPD2E0082
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Electrochimica Acta
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 354; Journal Issue: N/A; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4686
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Nitrogen doping; Graphite-like anodes; Lithium ion battery; Graphene quantum dots; Rate capability
Citation Formats
Gu, Siyong, Christensen, Tommiejean, Hsieh, Chien-Te, Mallick, Bikash Chandra, Gandomi, Yasser Ashraf, Li, Jianlin, and Chang, Jeng-Kuei. Improved lithium storage capacity and high rate capability of nitrogen-doped graphite-like electrode materials prepared from thermal pyrolysis of graphene quantum dots. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136642.
Gu, Siyong, Christensen, Tommiejean, Hsieh, Chien-Te, Mallick, Bikash Chandra, Gandomi, Yasser Ashraf, Li, Jianlin, & Chang, Jeng-Kuei. Improved lithium storage capacity and high rate capability of nitrogen-doped graphite-like electrode materials prepared from thermal pyrolysis of graphene quantum dots. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136642
Gu, Siyong, Christensen, Tommiejean, Hsieh, Chien-Te, Mallick, Bikash Chandra, Gandomi, Yasser Ashraf, Li, Jianlin, and Chang, Jeng-Kuei. Mon .
"Improved lithium storage capacity and high rate capability of nitrogen-doped graphite-like electrode materials prepared from thermal pyrolysis of graphene quantum dots". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136642. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1648881.
@article{osti_1648881,
title = {Improved lithium storage capacity and high rate capability of nitrogen-doped graphite-like electrode materials prepared from thermal pyrolysis of graphene quantum dots},
author = {Gu, Siyong and Christensen, Tommiejean and Hsieh, Chien-Te and Mallick, Bikash Chandra and Gandomi, Yasser Ashraf and Li, Jianlin and Chang, Jeng-Kuei},
abstractNote = {Adopting a solid-phase microwave-assisted technique followed by thermal pyrolysis of N-functionalized graphene quantum dots, novel nitrogen-doped graphite-like (NGL) electrode materials were synthesized in this work and served as the anode for Li-ion batteries. The NGL anode demonstrated reversible capacity of 530 mAh g-1 at 0.1C, superior rate capability at high C rate operation (420 mAh g-1 at 5C), remarkable initial coulombic efficiency (>95.7%), and excellent cyclic stability along with high efficiency (>99.1%) during entire cycling. The NGL anode nanostructure enables improved lithium ion mobility and reversible Li+ storage during cycling. The analysis of the Ragone plots revealed that the specific energy of NGL anode reaches to ca. 840 Wh kg-1 at the power density of 4200 W kg-1. The diffusion coefficient of Li ions was measured as 1.69 × 10-9 cm2 s-1 for the NGL anode material, substantially improving over commonly used graphite electrodes (15–26 times higher Li+ diffusivity). The high-rate cyclability as well as the cyclic stability of the NGL anodes were also confirmed via long-term cycling of full pouch cells assembled with ternary cathode and NGL anode. The robust design of the NGL anode materials introduced in this work, paves the way for designing next-generation lithium-ion batteries operating at ultra-high C rates.},
doi = {10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136642},
journal = {Electrochimica Acta},
number = N/A,
volume = 354,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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