This study presents P3/P2-type biphasic layered Na0.66Co0.5Mn0.5O2 by integrating P2 into P3-layered materials, which delivered outstanding electrochemical performance.
Antimony nanoparticle decorated N-rich porous carbon nanosheets were prepared through a sol-gel route. The composite displayed high reversible capacity, superior rate performance and long cycling stability as an anode material for room temperature Na-ion batteries. Even at an ultrahigh charge-discharge rate of 2 A g(-1), a large specific capacity of 220 mA h g(-1) was still achieved after 180 cycles.
In this work, we present a facile sol-gel method to prepare a composite of Co nanoparticles highly dispersed on N-rich carbon substrates (Co-C composite). The assembled Li-O2 batteries with the composite as a cathode catalyst showed lower overpotential and better cyclability, and the improved performance may be attributed to the superior electrocatalytic activity of the Co-C composite.
Lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) was investigated as an electrolyte additive for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries in order to decrease the decomposition of the electrolyte. As a typical high-voltage cathode material, LiCoPO 4 was tested in the LiDFOB-containing electrolyte, exhibiting higher reversible charge/discharge capacity and better cyclic stability. The effect of LiDFOB on the formation of a stable interphase film was investigated through cyclic voltammetry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. LiDFOB was helpful to form a stable interphase film and passivate the cathode surface; therefore, the decomposition of the electrolyte was inhibited accordingly.
Four sensitising anions naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate (15-NDS), naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate (26-NDC), benzoate (BA) and terephthalate (TA) were intercalated into a Eu(3+)-doped Zn/Al layered double hydroxide. The carboxylate anions enhanced the red luminescence of Eu(3+) much more strongly than the sulfonate, in the descending order TA > 26-NDC > BA > 15-NDS.
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