Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 34, Issue 39, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204370
Keywords
bioinspired materials; nanofluidics; potassium-ion batteries; spent batteries' recycling
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51972030, 51772030]
- S&T Major Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China [2020ZD0018]
- Beijing Outstanding Young Scientists Program [BJJWZYJH01201910007023]
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Battery Safety [2019B121203008]
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This study proposes a leaf-inspired electrode structure with intelligent nanofluidics to address the capacity degradation issue caused by the dissolution and shuttle of active substance in rechargeable batteries. Experimental results show that this electrode structure effectively mitigates the shuttle problem and achieves efficient and stable energy conversion, even at high mass loading.
In nature, living systems have evolved integrated structures, matching optimized nanofluidics to adapt to external conditions. In rechargeable batteries, high-capacity electrodes are often plagued by the crucial and universal bottleneck of dissolution and shuttle of active substance into electrolyte, posing obstacles of inevitable capacity degradation. Introducing the concept of intelligent nanofluidics to electrodes, a leaf-bioinspired electrode configuration with hierarchical architecture to tackle this problem is proposed. This integrated structure with fine-tuned surface pores and unobstructed interior porous media, can spatially control the anisotropic nanofluidic flux, in an efficient and self-protectable way: tailoring the outflow across the electrode's surface and free transport in interior, to ensure speedy and stable energy conversion. As proofs of concept, applications of sustainable electrodes rejuvenated from fallen leaf and spent commercial batteries, are designed with leaf-bioinspired architecture. Both K-CoS2 and K-S battery systems show advanced steady cycling with effectively mitigated shuttle issues in this smart architecture (0.15% and 0.21% capacity decay per cycle), even at high areal mass loading, when compared with open porous structure (0.60% and 0.39%). This work may pave a new way from a biomimetic view to integrated electrode engineering with regulated surface shielding to conquer the universal dissolution-shuttle problems facing high-capacity materials.
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