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Vertical graphene nanosheetsmodified Al current collectors for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Kexin Wang1,  Chongzhen Wang1,  Hao Yang2,  Xiongbiao Wang3,  Feng Cao3,  Qinci Wu1,  Hailin Peng1,3( )
Center for Nanochemistry (CNC), Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing 100094, China
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sodium-ion batteries, current collector, vertical graphene nanosheets, interfacial resistance
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AluminumAluminum foilAnodesCathodesGrapheneMetal ionsPlasma CVD Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Sodium compoundsVanadium compounds
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Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage owing to their excellent high-power performance. However, Al-based current collectorsat both anodes and cathodes of SIBs, which widely influence the power properties of a variety of electrodes in SIBs, have rarely been investigated. Here, we demonstrate that vertical graphene nanosheets grown on commercial Al foil by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method, form a robust connection with the carbon-based conductive network of the electrode, thereby significantly reducing the electrode-current collector interfacial resistance. For sodium vanadium phosphate (NVP) anodes with vertical graphenenanosheetmodified Al foil (G-Al) current collectors, the interfacial resistance between the electrode and current collector is reduced 20-fold compared with that in the case of Al foil. The G-Al current collector reduces the polarization and improves the rate capability compared with that of Al current collectors within both cathodes and anodes of SIBs. At a high rate of 5 C, the capacity retention of NVP cathode with G-Al current collector is 74%, which is much higher than that with Al foil (22%).We believe that the obtained results support the prospect for the widespread use of G-Al current collectors in the further improvement of high-power profiles of SIBs.


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Vertical graphene nanosheetsmodified Al current collectors for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Show Author's information Kexin Wang1, Chongzhen Wang1, Hao Yang2, Xiongbiao Wang3, Feng Cao3, Qinci Wu1, Hailin Peng1,3( )
Center for Nanochemistry (CNC), Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing 100094, China

Abstract

Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage owing to their excellent high-power performance. However, Al-based current collectorsat both anodes and cathodes of SIBs, which widely influence the power properties of a variety of electrodes in SIBs, have rarely been investigated. Here, we demonstrate that vertical graphene nanosheets grown on commercial Al foil by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method, form a robust connection with the carbon-based conductive network of the electrode, thereby significantly reducing the electrode-current collector interfacial resistance. For sodium vanadium phosphate (NVP) anodes with vertical graphenenanosheetmodified Al foil (G-Al) current collectors, the interfacial resistance between the electrode and current collector is reduced 20-fold compared with that in the case of Al foil. The G-Al current collector reduces the polarization and improves the rate capability compared with that of Al current collectors within both cathodes and anodes of SIBs. At a high rate of 5 C, the capacity retention of NVP cathode with G-Al current collector is 74%, which is much higher than that with Al foil (22%).We believe that the obtained results support the prospect for the widespread use of G-Al current collectors in the further improvement of high-power profiles of SIBs.

Keywords: sodium-ion batteries, current collector, vertical graphene nanosheets, interfacial resistance

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Received: 16 February 2020
Revised: 25 March 2020
Accepted: 26 March 2020
Published: 24 April 2020
Issue date: July 2020

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This work is financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2016YFA0200101), Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (No. Z181100004818001), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21525310).

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