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Development of Advanced Nanomaterials and Electrolytes for Batteries and Supercapacitors

A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2024 | Viewed by 2060

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Dr. Jiangmin Jiang

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Dear Colleagues,

Electrochemical energy conversion and storage is a promising solution to overcome the drawbacks and limitations of existing fossil-fuel-based technologies. The development of electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices has two main directions: the development of high-energy batteries and the development of high-power supercapacitors. The former have high-energy densities through the faradaic lithium redox reaction, while the latter exhibit high-power densities and a long cycling life owing to the fast physical adsorption/desorption of electrolyte ions on the electrode surface. With the advancements in 5G, electric vehicles, and clean energy, the properties of high energy and power, high safety level, long cycling life, low cost, green characteristics, and abundant resources are needed for batteries and supercapacitors. The exploration of advanced electrode nanomaterials, as well as the electrolyte’s composition, determines the crucial electrochemical device parameters. Accordingly, the development of optimized nanomaterials and electrolytes used for the batteries and supercapacitors is expected to have a great impact on device performance and further promote their commercialization.

This Special Issue will attempt to cover the most recent advances in “Advanced Nanomaterials and Electrolytes for Batteries and Supercapacitors”, concerning not only the design, synthesis, and characterization of such electrode materials and electrolytes but also reports of their functional and smart properties to be applied in energy-storage devices.

Dr. Jiangmin Jiang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • energy storage and conversion
  • batteries
  • Li/Na/K/Zn/Mg-ion batteries
  • supercapacitors
  • hybrid-ion capacitors
  • electrode materials
  • nanocomposite materials
  • electrolytes
  • biomaterials
  • porous carbon materials

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Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Coal for High-Performance Dual-Carbon Lithium-Ion Capacitors
by Jiangmin Jiang, Qianqian Shen, Ziyu Chen and Shijing Wang
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(18), 2525; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13182525 - 9 Sep 2023
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Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) are emerging as one of the most advanced hybrid energy storage devices, however, their development is limited by the imbalance of the dynamics and capacity between the anode and cathode electrodes. Herein, anthracite was proposed as the raw material to [...] Read more.
Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) are emerging as one of the most advanced hybrid energy storage devices, however, their development is limited by the imbalance of the dynamics and capacity between the anode and cathode electrodes. Herein, anthracite was proposed as the raw material to prepare coal-based, nitrogen-doped porous carbon materials (CNPCs), together with being employed as a cathode and anode used for dual-carbon lithium-ion capacitors (DC-LICs). The prepared CNPCs exhibited a folded carbon nanosheet structure and the pores could be well regulated by changing the additional amount of g-C3N4, showing a high conductivity, abundant heteroatoms, and a large specific surface area. As expected, the optimized CNPCs (CTK-1.0) delivered a superior lithium storage capacity, which exhibited a high specific capacity of 750 mAh g−1 and maintained an excellent capacity retention rate of 97% after 800 cycles. Furthermore, DC-LICs (CTK-1.0//CTK-1.0) were assembled using the CTK-1.0 as both cathode and anode electrodes to match well in terms of internal kinetics and capacity simultaneously, which displayed a maximum energy density of 137.6 Wh kg−1 and a protracted lifetime of 3000 cycles. This work demonstrates the great potential of coal-based carbon materials for electrochemical energy storage devices and also provides a new way for the high value-added utilization of coal materials. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development of Advanced Nanomaterials and Electrolytes for Batteries and Supercapacitors)
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High-Performance Layered CaV4O9-MXene Composite Cathodes for Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries
by Luan Fang, Li Lin, Zhuomei Wu, Tianhao Xu, Xuxu Wang, Limin Chang and Ping Nie
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(9), 1536; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13091536 - 3 May 2023
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Due to their reliability, affordability and high safety, rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) have garnered a lot of attention. Nevertheless, undesirable long-term cycle performance and the inadequate energy density of cathode materials impede the development of ZIBs. Herein, we report a layered [...] Read more.
Due to their reliability, affordability and high safety, rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) have garnered a lot of attention. Nevertheless, undesirable long-term cycle performance and the inadequate energy density of cathode materials impede the development of ZIBs. Herein, we report a layered CaV4O9-MXene (Ti3C2Tx) composite assembled using CaV4O9 nanosheets on Ti3C2Tx and investigate its electrochemical performance as a new cathode for ZIBs, where CaV4O9 nanosheets attached on the surface of MXene and interlamination create a layered 2D structure, efficiently improving the electrical conductivity of CaV4O9 and avoiding the stacking of MXene nanosheets. The structure also enables fast ion and electron transport. Further discussion is conducted on the effects of adding MXene in various amounts on the morphology and electrochemical properties. The composite shows an improved reversible capacity of 274.3 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1, superior rate capabilities at 7 A g−1, and a high specific capacity of 107.6 mA h g−1 can be delivered after 2000 cycles at a current density of 1 A g−1. The improvement of the electrochemical performance is due to its unique layered structure, high electrical conductivity, and pseudo capacitance behavior. Full article
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Ion Transport and Electrochemical Reaction in LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2-Based High Energy/Power Lithium-Ion Batteries
by Jinmei Xu, Jiandong Yang, Shaofei Wang, Jiangmin Jiang, Quanchao Zhuang, Xiangyun Qiu, Kai Wu and Honghe Zheng
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(5), 856; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13050856 - 25 Feb 2023
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The high energy/power lithium-ion battery using LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 (NCM523 HEP LIB) has an excellent trade-off between specific capacity, cost, and stable thermal characteristics. However, it still brings a massive challenge for power improvement under low temperatures. Deeply [...] Read more.
The high energy/power lithium-ion battery using LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 (NCM523 HEP LIB) has an excellent trade-off between specific capacity, cost, and stable thermal characteristics. However, it still brings a massive challenge for power improvement under low temperatures. Deeply understanding the electrode interface reaction mechanism is crucial to solving this problem. This work studies the impedance spectrum characteristics of commercial symmetric batteries under different states of charge (SOCs) and temperatures. The changing tendencies of the Li+ diffusion resistance Rion and charge transfer resistance Rct with temperature and SOC are explored. Moreover, one quantitative parameter, § ≡ Rct/Rion, is introduced to identify the boundary conditions of the rate control step inside the porous electrode. This work points out the direction to design and improve performance for commercial HEP LIB with common temperature and charging range of users. Full article
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