High-performance battery electrodes via magnetic templating

作者：Sander, J. S.; Erb, R. M.; Li, L.; Gurijala, A.; Chiang, Y-M.^*

来源：Nature Energy, 2016, 1(8): 16099.

DOI：10.1038/NENERGY.2016.99

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In lithium-ion batteries, the critical need for high-energy-density, low-cost storage for applications ranging from wearable computing to megawatt-scale stationary storage has created an unmet need for facile methods to produce high-density, low-tortuosity, kinetically accessible storage electrodes. Here we show that magnetic control of sacrificial features enables the creation of directional pore arrays in lithium-ion electrodes. The directional pores result in faster charge transport kinetics and enable electrodes with more than threefold higher area capacity (for example, >12 mAh cm(-2) versus <4 mAh cm(-2) in conventional electrodes) at practical charge-discharge rates. We demonstrate these capabilities in laboratory cells under various test conditions, including an electric vehicle model drive cycle.

• 出版日期2016-7-11
• 单位东北大学