Research on Advanced Materials for Li‐ion Batteries

Li, Hong; Wang, Zhaoxiang; Chen, Liquan; Huang, Xuejie

doi:10.1002/adma.200901710

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“…This material has also high potential in several nanodevices applications that include sensors, high critical temperature supper conductors, lithium ion batteries, field emission emitters and catalysts [46][47][48][49][50]. CuO NSs have shown many attractive properties such as; they can easily be grown on various substrates, prepared as different morphologies, low cost, and they are non-toxic.…”

Section: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanostructuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synthesising Metal Oxide Materials and Their Composite Nanostructures for Sensing and Optoelectronic Device Applications

Khun¹

2015

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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Research on nanomaterials has been revolutionized in the last few years because of the attractive properties they have in comparison to the bulk phase of similar materials. These properties are physical, chemical, catalytic and optical. Among these nanomaterials, the metal oxide nanostructures have become of particular interest to scientists for the development of different optical, biochemical and biomedical nanodevices. In the present research work using the advantageous features of nanotechnology, high performance nanodevices for optoelectronics with a wide band gap compound nanostructure and highly sensitive sensor devices have been demonstrated. The nanotechnology is used to fabricate sensitive and precise nanodevices based on nanomaterials for the application of sensing.Among metal oxide nanostructures, ZnO, CuO and NiO are attractive materials because of their unique properties; their high surface area to volume ratio, their energy band gap of 3.37 eV, 1.2 eV and 3.7 eV, respectively, biocompatibility, high electron mobility, fast electron transfer rate and they are environmental-friendly in many applications. When used in sensor devices, nanomaterials have indicated high selectivity for possible use to detect the various analytes even in small volumes. Metal oxide nanostructures have shown to be good for optoelectronic nanodevices because of their electrical characteristics, high optical absorption and low-processing temperature.In this thesis, the synthesis of different morphologies of metal oxide semiconductor nanostructures and their composite using the hydrothermal method are demonstrated for various applications. This thesis is divided into three parts:In the first part of this research work, the fabrication of well-aligned ZnO nanorods using different concentrations of composite seed layer of inorganic and organic materials when using the hydrothermal growth method is presented. The effect of the composite seed layer on the i Abstract alignment, density and optical properties of the grown ZnO nanorods is investigated (paper I).Utilizing the advantage of ZnO nanostructure, a comparative study of ZnO nanorods and thin films for chemical and biosensing application was carried out. The ZnO nanorods and thin films were functionalized with strontium ionophore membrane, immobilized the galactose oxidase and lactate oxidase for determining the strontium ions, D-galactose and L-lactic acid, respectively (paper II).In the second part, the effects of different urea concentrations on the morphology of CuO nanostructures is studied as described in paper III. Moreover, CuO nanoflowers were functionalized with cadmium ion ionophore for the detection of Cd ions, while CuO nanosheets were grown by the low temperature growth method and were used for the development of a nonenzymatic glucose sensor, respectively (Paper IV).In the last part of this thesis, composite nanostructures of CuO/ZnO and NiO/ZnO were applied to develop dopamine sensor and fast sensitive UV photodetector, respectively. A nanohybrid of C...

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Section: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanostructuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synthesising Metal Oxide Materials and Their Composite Nanostructures for Sensing and Optoelectronic Device Applications

Khun¹

2015

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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“…115,116 The traditional cathode materials of LIBs used in lithium-ion batteries are inorganic materials, such as LiCoO 2 , LiMn 2 O 4 , and LiFePO 4 . [116][117][118][119] However, they suffer from limited capacities and nonrenewable mineral resources. As an alternative approach, polymeric cathode materials have several inherent advantages including lightness, environmentally friendly characteristics, mechanical flexibility, and processing compatibility.…”

Section: Lithium Ion Batteriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Graphene/polymer composites for energy applications

Sun

Shi

2012

J Polym Sci B Polym Phys

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Graphene has wide potential applications in energyrelated systems, mainly because of its unique atom-thick twodimensional structure, high electrical or thermal conductivity, optical transparency, great mechanical strength, inherent flexibility, and huge specific surface area. For this purpose, graphene materials are frequently blended with polymers to form composites, especially when fabricating flexible devices. Graphene/polymer composites have been explored as electrodes of supercapacitors or lithium ion batteries, counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells, transparent conducting electrodes and active layers of organic solar cells, catalytic electrodes, and polymer electrolyte membranes of fuel cells. In this review, we summarize the recent advances on the synthesis and applications of graphene/polymer composites for energy applications. The challenges and prospects in this field have also been discussed. V C 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2013, 51, 231-253 KEYWORDS: composites; energy; fuel cell; graphene; lithium ion battery; redox polymers; solar cell; supercapacitor; synthesis INTRODUCTION Energy is one of the most important recent topics of concern to human society. To replace conventional fossil fuels, clean and renewable energies based on sunlight, wind, new chemicals, and biofuels are urgently demanded. Therefore, materials that can directly convert or store renewable energies are being extensively studied. Among them, graphene has recently attracted a great deal of attention because of its unique atom-thick two-dimensional (2D) structure 1,2 and excellent electrical, 2 thermal, 3 optical, and mechanical properties. 4,5 Graphene is a promising material for applications in various energy-related systems such as supercapacitors, 6-9 secondary batteries, 10-14 solar cells, 15-17 and fuel cells. [18][19][20] For this purpose, graphene materials are frequently blended with polymers to form functional composites. [21][22][23] The polymer component can improve the processability and/or flexibility of graphene materials, and also possibly provide them with new functions. To date, various graphene composites with insulating or conducting polymers (CPs) have been prepared through noncovalent 22 or covalent approaches. 24 They have also been applied as electrodes for supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries (LIBs), 25-29 counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), 15,30,31 and transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) 32,33 or active layers of organic solar cells, 34 catalytic electrodes, and polymer electrolyte membranes of fuel cells. [35][36][37] This review focuses on summarizing the recent advances in the synthesis of graphene/polymer composites and their energy applications.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5] To avoid internal short circuit failure, a robust separator should play a significant role in securing battery safety. Polyolefin microporous membranes such as polyethylene (PE) and poly(propylene) (PP) have been commercially available as major separators for lithium ion battery.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Core@sheath Nanofibrous Separator for Lithium Ion Batteries Obtained by Coaxial Electrospinning

Liu

Jiang

Kong

et al. 2012

Macro Materials & Eng

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A composite core@sheath nanofibrous separator for lithium ion batteries is fabricated via coaxial electrospinning, using thermosetting PI as the core material and PVDF‐HFP as the sheath material. It is demonstrated that the PI@PVDF‐HFP nonwovens display remarkably improved tensile strength up to 53 MPa and high thermal stability up to 300 °C. The electrochemical characterization shows that cells using core@sheath nonwovens as separators display better rate capability and better cycling capacity retention. Considerable mechanical strength, higher thermal stability and preferable rate capability might make this kind of core@sheath nonwovens promising separators for higher‐power application. magnified image

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Research on Advanced Materials for Li‐ion Batteries

Cited by 1,682 publications

References 153 publications

Synthesising Metal Oxide Materials and Their Composite Nanostructures for Sensing and Optoelectronic Device Applications

Synthesising Metal Oxide Materials and Their Composite Nanostructures for Sensing and Optoelectronic Device Applications

Graphene/polymer composites for energy applications

A Core@sheath Nanofibrous Separator for Lithium Ion Batteries Obtained by Coaxial Electrospinning

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