Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 49, Issue -, Pages 555-563Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.04.075
Keywords
Oxygen vacancy; Molybdenum trioxide; Cathode material; Lithium-ion battery
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Funding
- National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [51425204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51521001]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFA0202603, 2016YFA0202604]
- Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B17034]
- Yellow Crane Talent (Science & Technology) Program of Wuhan City
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2017III009, 2017III005, 2017-YB-005]
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Compared with most cathodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), alpha-MoO3 exhibits high specific capacity and therefore receives widespread attention. However, due to its irreversible structural transformation, the capacity of alpha-MoO3 declines rapidly upon discharge-charge process. Herein, via H-2 plasma etching, oxygen-deficient alpha-MoO3-x with improved electrochemical performance is prepared on the basis of pristine alpha-MoO3 (MoO3 (I)). The obtained MoO3 (II) (10 min etching) and MoO3 (III) (20 min etching) have reduced bandgap and expanded van der Waals gap (vdW gap). Electrochemical test results demonstrate MoO3(II) obtains the largest Li+ diffusion coefficient, the lowest charge transfer resistance and the slightest polarization. In situ X-ray diffraction characterization further reveals that during cycling, vdW gap of MoO3 (II) changes periodically within a small range, indicating a stabilized crystal structure. This work shows that moderate oxygen vacancies can enhance the capacity and stabilize the structure of molybdenum trioxide cathode for LIBs, which has great potential in other cathode materials.
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