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Ultra-Thin Coating and Three-Dimensional Electrode Structures to Boosted Thick Electrode Lithium-Ion Battery Performance
Batteries & Supercaps
  • Jie Li
  • Yan Gao
  • Xinhua Liang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Jonghyun Park, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

This paper reports a multiscale controlled three‐dimensional (3D) electrode structure to boost the battery performance for thick electrode batteries with LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 as cathode material, which exhibits a high areal capacity (3.5 mAh/cm2) along with a high specific capacity (130 mAh/g). This excellent battery performance is achieved by a new concept of cell electrode fabrication, which simultaneously controls the electrode structure in a multiscale manner to address the key challenges of the material. Particles with ultrathin conformal coating layers are prepared through atomic layer deposition followed by a nanoscale‐controlled, thermal diffusion doping. The particles are organized into a macroscale‐controlled 3D hybrid‐structure. This synergistic control of nano‐/macro‐structures is a promising concept for enhancing battery performance and its cycle life. The nanoscale coating/doping provides enhanced fundamental properties, including transport and structural properties, while the mesoscale control can provide a better network of the nanostructured elements by decreasing the diffusion path between. Electrochemical tests have shown that the synergistically controlled electrode exhibits the best performance among non‐controlled and selectively‐controlled samples, in terms of specific capacity, areal capacity, and cycle life.

Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Second Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Second Research Center/Lab
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Comments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from National Science Foundation Awards (CMMI‐1563029, CBET‐1510085)

Keywords and Phrases
  • Atomic Layer Deposition,
  • Lithium-Ion Batteries,
  • Materials Science,
  • Multiscale Controlled Structure,
  • Thick Electrode
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-1-2018
Publication Date
01 Oct 2018
Citation Information
Jie Li, Yan Gao, Xinhua Liang and Jonghyun Park. "Ultra-Thin Coating and Three-Dimensional Electrode Structures to Boosted Thick Electrode Lithium-Ion Battery Performance" Batteries & Supercaps Vol. 2 Iss. 2 (2018) p. 139 - 143 ISSN: 2566-6223
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonghyun-park/42/