Sustainable, Inexpensive, Naturally Multi-functionalized Biomass Carbon for both Li Metal Anode and Sulfur Cathode

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.04.001

2018-04-03

Lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery has been regarded as the promising energy storage device. However, this technology faces great challenges from both anode and cathode, which are mainly caused by the nature of materials. Here, we report a kind of multifunctional ...

Perspectives for restraining harsh lithium dendrite growth: Towards robust lithium metal anodes

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.024

2018-04-03

Lithium (Li) metal is regarded as a “Holy Grail” anode for next-generation high-energy-density rechargeable batteries due to its high volumetric (2046 mAh cm−3) and gravimetric specific capacity (3862 mAh g−1) as well as the lowest reduction potential (−3.04 ...

Self-template construction of mesoporous silicon submicrocube anode for advanced lithium ion batteries

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.025

2018-04-02

Three-dimensional (3D) porous silicon has been widely studied as an exceptional anode for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to its extraordinary theoretical capacity and high structural stability. The self-sacrificing template is an effective route to synthesi...

Controlling the sustainability and shape change of the zinc anode in rechargeable aqueous Zn/LiMn2O4 battery

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.023

2018-03-31

The use of thixotropic gel electrolytes in the rechargeable hybrid aqueous battery improves the battery performance but it is required to have a corrosion inhibitor in the gel electrolyte. These inhibitors are not always friendly to the environment. In this w...

Defect-Rich Carbon Fiber Electrocatalysts with Porous Graphene Skin for Flexible Solid-State Zinc−Air Batteries

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.022

2018-03-27

Rechargeable flexible Zn−air batteries have attracted great attentions as promising next-generation energy storage devices for portable and wearable electronics. Bifunctional oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts...

Superior Na-Ion Storage Achieved by Ti Substitution in Na3V2(PO4)3

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.021

2018-03-27

The development of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) remains a great challenge due to poor stability and sluggish kinetics of cathode materials. Here, we present Ti-substituted Na3-xV2-xTix(PO4)3/C (NVP-Tix/C,0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) as high-performance cathode materials for S...

In situ TEM Study of the Sodiation/Desodiation Mechanism of MnO2 Nanowire with Gel-Electrolytes

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.019

2018-03-24

In this work, in situ transmission electron microscopy study of the electrochemical sodiation and desodiation processes was performed in a nanobattery which consisted of a single MnO2 nanowire and different kinds of gel-electrolyte. It is found that after ful...

Self-assembled superstructure of carbon-wrapped, single-crystalline Cu3P porous nanosheets: one-step synthesis and enhanced Li-ion battery anode performance

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.014

2018-03-23

Robust superstructures of self-assembling nanoscale building blocks are of functional and practical interest for improving the performance of materials in various advanced technological applications. Herein, we successfully synthesize a self-assembled, three-...

A Li-Dual Carbon Composite as Stable Anode Material for Li Batteries

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.018

2018-03-22

Tremendous amount of effort has been dedicated to revisit metallic lithium as anode material for high-energy-density lithium batteries in recent years. Although some progresses have been achieved within this field, development of lithium metal anode material ...

MoS2 nanobelts with (002) plane edges-enriched flat surfaces for high-rate sodium and lithium storage

10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.013

2018-03-22

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal chalcogenides (TMDs) have shown great potential as high-performance anode materials in lithium and sodium ion batteries (LIBs and SIBs). Due to the greater density of active sites on the edges of (002) planes and favorabl...