Modulating Ion Diffusivity and Electrode Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube@Mesoporous Carbon Fibers for High Performance Aluminum–Selenium Batteries
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Kong, Yueqi, Nanjundan, Ashok Kumar, Liu, Yang, Song, Hao, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong. 2019. "Modulating Ion Diffusivity and Electrode Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube@Mesoporous Carbon Fibers for High Performance Aluminum–Selenium Batteries." Small. 15 (51). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201904310
| Article Title | Modulating Ion Diffusivity and Electrode Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube@Mesoporous Carbon Fibers for High Performance Aluminum–Selenium Batteries |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 3432 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Kong, Yueqi, Nanjundan, Ashok Kumar, Liu, Yang, Song, Hao, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong |
| Journal Title | Small |
| Journal Citation | 15 (51) |
| Article Number | 1904310 |
| Number of Pages | 10 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
| Place of Publication | Germany |
| ISSN | 1613-6810 |
| 1613-6829 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201904310 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201904310 |
| Abstract | Selenium (Se)-based rechargeable aluminum batteries (RABs), known as aluminum–selenium (Al–Se) batteries, are an appealing new battery design that holds great promise for addressing the low-capacity problem of current RAB technology. However, their applications are hindered by mediocre high-rate capacity (≈100 mAh g−1 at 0.5 A g−1) and insufficient cycling life (50 cycles). Herein, the synthesis of mesoporous carbon fibers (MCFs) by coating mesoporous carbon with short-length mesopores and tunable mesopore sizes (2.7 to 8.9 nm) coaxially on carbon nanotubes (CNT) is reported. When compositing MCFs with Se for Al–Se batteries, a positive correlation between mesopore size and electrolyte ion diffusivity is observed, however when pore size is increased to 8.9 nm, large voids are created at the interface of CNT core and mesoporous carbon shell, leading to decreased electrode conductivity. The trade-off between ion diffusivity and interfacial connectivity/conductivity determines MCF with pore size of 7.1 nm as the best host material for Al–Se batteries. The composite cathode delivers high specific capacities (366 and 230 mAh g−1 at 0.5 and 1 A g−1), good rate performance, and excellent cycling stability (152 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles at 2 A g−1), superior over previously reported Se cathodes and other cathodes for RABs. |
| Keywords | electrode conductivity; Aluminum–Selenium Batteries |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401605. Functional materials |
| Public Notes | The accessible file is the accepted version of the paper. Please refer to the URL for the published version. |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
| East China Normal University, China |
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