A Universal Organic Cathode for Ultrafast Lithium and Multivalent Metal Batteries

  • Xiulin Fan
  • , Fei Wang
  • , Xiao Ji
  • , Ruixing Wang
  • , Tao Gao
  • , Singyuk Hou
  • , Ji Chen
  • , Tao Deng
  • , Xiaogang Li
  • , Long Chen
  • , Chao Luo
  • , Luning Wang
  • , Chunsheng Wang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Low-cost multivalent battery chemistries (Mg2+, Al3+) have been extensively investigated for large-scale energy storage applications. However, their commercialization is plagued by the poor power density and cycle life of cathodes. A universal polyimides@CNT (PI@CNT) cathode is now presented that can reversibly store various cations with different valences (Li+, Mg2+, Al3+) at an extremely fast rate. The ion-coordination charge storage mechanism of PI@CNT is systemically investigated. Full cells using PI@CNT cathodes and corresponding metal anodes exhibit long cycle life (>10000 cycles), fast kinetics (>20 C), and wide operating temperature range (−40 to 50 °C), making the low-cost industrial polyimides universal cathodes for different multivalent metal batteries. The stable ion-coordinated mechanism opens a new foundation for the development of high-energy and high-power multivalent batteries.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7146-7150
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume57
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • aluminum
  • lithium ion batteries
  • magnesium
  • multivalent batteries
  • organic cathodes

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