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Nano Research 2023, 16(1): 1642-1650 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5188-3
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Electrochemical activation of oxygen atom of SnO2 to expedite efficient conversion reaction for alkaline-ion (Li+/Na+/K+) storages

Show Author's Information Yong Cheng1,2,4,§,  Bingbing Chen3,§,  Limin Chang1( ),  Dongyu Zhang2,  Chunli Wang2( ),  Shaohua Wang2,  Ping Nie1,  Limin Wang1,2
Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, Changchun 130022, China
Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210000, China
State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China

§ Yong Cheng and Bingbing Chen contributed equally to this work.

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SnO2-based anode materials have attracted much attention due to high capacity and relatively mild voltage platforms. However, limited by low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and poor stability, its practical application is still challenging. Recently, it has been found that compositing carbon or metal particles with SnO2 is an effective strategy to achieve high alkaline-ion storages. Although this strategy may improve the kinetics and ICE of the electrochemical reaction, the specific mechanism has not been clearly elucidated. In this work, we found that the invalidation SnO2 may go through two steps: 1) the conversion process from SnO2 to Sn and Li2O; 2) the collapse of the electrode material resulted from huge volume changes during the alloyed Sn with alkaline ions. To address these issues, a unique robust Co-NC shell derived from ZIF-67 is introduced, in which the transited metallic Co nanoparticles could accelerate the decomposition of Sn-O and Li-O bonds, thus expedite the kinetics of conversion reaction. As a result, the SnO2@Co-NC electrode achieves a more complete and efficient transfer between SnO2 and Sn phases, possessing a potential to achieve high alkaline-ion (Li+/Na+/K+) storages.


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Electrochemical activation of oxygen atom of SnO2 to expedite efficient conversion reaction for alkaline-ion (Li+/Na+/K+) storages

Show Author's information Yong Cheng1,2,4,§, Bingbing Chen3,§, Limin Chang1( ), Dongyu Zhang2, Chunli Wang2( ), Shaohua Wang2, Ping Nie1, Limin Wang1,2
Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, Changchun 130022, China
Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210000, China
State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China

§ Yong Cheng and Bingbing Chen contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

SnO2-based anode materials have attracted much attention due to high capacity and relatively mild voltage platforms. However, limited by low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and poor stability, its practical application is still challenging. Recently, it has been found that compositing carbon or metal particles with SnO2 is an effective strategy to achieve high alkaline-ion storages. Although this strategy may improve the kinetics and ICE of the electrochemical reaction, the specific mechanism has not been clearly elucidated. In this work, we found that the invalidation SnO2 may go through two steps: 1) the conversion process from SnO2 to Sn and Li2O; 2) the collapse of the electrode material resulted from huge volume changes during the alloyed Sn with alkaline ions. To address these issues, a unique robust Co-NC shell derived from ZIF-67 is introduced, in which the transited metallic Co nanoparticles could accelerate the decomposition of Sn-O and Li-O bonds, thus expedite the kinetics of conversion reaction. As a result, the SnO2@Co-NC electrode achieves a more complete and efficient transfer between SnO2 and Sn phases, possessing a potential to achieve high alkaline-ion (Li+/Na+/K+) storages.

Keywords: anode, SnO2, electron transfer, conversion reaction, alkaline-ion storage

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Received: 04 August 2022
Revised: 30 September 2022
Accepted: 10 October 2022
Published: 08 November 2022
Issue date: January 2023

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This work is financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFE0198100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21975250 and 52072145), Science and Technology Development Program of Jilin Province (No. YDZJ202101ZYTS185), the Open Pogram of Key Laboratory of Preparation and Application of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, China (Nos. 2020005 and 2021007). and the Open Pogram of State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology (Yanshan University), China (No. 202110).

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