Citation: Qi An, Xiaohong Sun, Ying Na, Shu Cai, Chunming Zheng. Graphene-supported cobalt nanoparticles used to activate SiO₂-based anode for lithium-ion batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(3): 107305. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.028 shu

Graphene-supported cobalt nanoparticles used to activate SiO₂-based anode for lithium-ion batteries

Qi An ^a ,
Xiaohong Sun ^{a, *,} ,
Ying Na ^a ,
Shu Cai ^a ,
Chunming Zheng ^{b, *,}

a.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
b.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Hollow-fiber Membrane Materials and Membrane Processes, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China

sunxh@tju.edu.cn

zhengchunming@tiangong.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 January 2022
Revised Date: 18 February 2022
Accepted Date: 7 March 2022
Available Online: 10 March 2022

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Although SiO₂-based anode is a strong competitor to supersede graphite anode for lithium-ion batteries, it still has problems such as low electrochemical activity, enormous loss of active lithium, and serious volume expansion. In order to solve these problems, we used a graphene network loaded with cobalt metal nanoparticles (rGO–Co) to coat SiO₂ porous hollow spheres (SiO₂@rGO–Co). The construction of porous hollow structure and graphene network can shorten the lithium-ion (Li⁺) diffusion distance and enhance the conductivity of the composite, which improves the electrochemical activity of SiO₂ effectively. They also alleviate the volume expansion of the anode in the cycling process. Moreover, nano-scale cobalt metal particles dispersed on graphene catalyze the conversion reaction of SiO₂ and activate the locked Li⁺ in Li₂O through a reversible reaction, which improves the charge and discharge capacity of the anode. The capacity of SiO₂@rGO–Co reaches 370.4 mAh/g after 100 cycles at 0.1 A/g, which is 6.19 times the capacity of pure SiO₂ (59.8 mAh/g) under the same circumstance. What is more, its structure also exhibits excellent cycle stability, with a volume expansion rate of only 13.0% after 100 cycles at a current density of 0.1 A/g.
- Lithium-ion batteries,
- SiO₂-based anode,
- Graphene network,
- Co nanoparticles,
- Electrochemical activity
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