In:
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley, Vol. 30, No. 25 ( 2020-06)
Kurzfassung:
Ameliorating electronic/ionic transport and structural stability of electrode materials is important to the development of power‐intensive lithium ion batteries. Despite its great potential as a high‐power anode, titanium niobium oxide (Ti 2 Nb 10 O 29 , TNO) still underperforms due to its unsatisfactory electronic/ionic conductivity. In this work, a powerful synergistic strategy by combining ion doping and spiral array architecture to boost high‐rate performance of TNO is reported. Cr 3+ doped TNO nanoparticles (Cr‐TNO) of 5–10 nm intimately grow on a conductive vertical graphene@TiC‐C (VGTC) skeleton, forming novel Cr‐TNO@VGTC spiral arrays. The unique spiral growth of TNO is achieved due to the confinement effect of VGTC skeleton. Meanwhile, a more open TNO crystal structure with faster ion transfer paths and enhanced structural stability is realized by Cr 3+ doping, demonstrated via density functional theory calculation and in situ synchrotron X‐ray diffraction technique. Benefiting from the superior conductive network, enhanced intrinsic electronic/ionic conductivity of Cr‐TNO and reinforced structural stability, the Cr‐TNO@VTC arrays show prominent high‐power performance with a large capacity of 220 mAh g −1 at 40 C (power density of ≈11 kW kg −1 ) and superior durability (91% retention after 500 cycles). This work provides a new path for the construction of widespread high‐power electrodes for fast energy storage.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1616-301X
,
1616-3028
DOI:
10.1002/adfm.202002665
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Wiley
Publikationsdatum:
2020
ZDB Id:
2029061-5
ZDB Id:
2039420-2
SSG:
11