Journal
CARBON
Volume 182, Issue -, Pages 749-757Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.06.065
Keywords
Carbon composite; Carbon nanotube; Lithium-ion battery; Anode; All-carbon binder; Cohesive ability
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 21808046, 91834301, 91534102, 21908037]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [JZ2020HGTB0019]
- Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Department Foundation [201903a05020021]
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The research developed a new method of preparing integrated anode using all-carbon binder to effectively bind anode material particles and current collector, improving the stability of the electrode. The CNTs-reinforced all-carbon binder effectively suppressed the volume expansion of anode materials during lithiation process, ensuring the cycling stability of the electrode.
Conversion and alloy-type anode materials suffer from large volume expansion during lithiation process, which causes the destruction of intact electrode structure and loss of efficient electrical contact between current collector and particles of anode material, resulting in fast capacity decay and poor cycling stability. Herein, a combined slurry-casting and heat-treatment approach has been adopted to prepare highly stable integrated anode composed of anode materials particles and all-carbon binder consisting of commercial carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) derived carbon. This all-carbon binder shows a strong cohesive ability to copper current collector compared with traditional PVDF binder, and could effectively bind anode material particles and current collector. Moreover, CNTs reinforced all-carbon binder provides a robust mechanical and high conductive network to ensure structural stability of integrated anode, in which volume expansion of anode materials could be effectively suppressed during lithiation process. The integrated electrode with tin dioxide and silicon as active materials exhibits remarkable long-term cycling stability, maintaining 861.4 mA h g(-1) after 500 cycles and 902.4 mA h g(-1) after 300 cycles at 0.5C, respectively. This simple yet effective strategy is compatible with the traditional anode manufacture process, demonstrating its great potential in the practical use. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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