Tracking the confinement effect of highly dispersive carbon in a tungsten oxide/carbon nanocomposite: conversion anode materials in lithium ion batteries
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- Title
- Tracking the confinement effect of highly dispersive carbon in a tungsten oxide/carbon nanocomposite: conversion anode materials in lithium ion batteries
- Authors
- Jo, Changshin; Lim, Won-Gwang; Dao, Anh Ha; Kim, Seongbeen; Kim, Seoa; Yoon, Songhun; Lee, Jinwoo
- Date Issued
- 2017-12
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Abstract
- A variety of transition metal binary compounds, whose reaction mechanism involves intercalation-initiated conversion, have been extensively studied as anode materials in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Although the introduction of carbonaceous materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, or a carbon layer solved issues arising from the conversion reaction during repetitive cycles, a perfect electrical contact of the carbonaceous material with the discharge products on a few-nanometer scale has been rarely accomplished. Moreover, most of the previous studies have focused on maximizing the electrochemical performance without an in-depth understanding of the fundamental effect of each component in the nanocomposite. Herein, an ordered mesoporous tungsten oxide/carbon composite with ultra-highly dispersed carbon over a few-nanometer scale is prepared by the self-assembly of a block copolymer with inorganic/carbon precursors. The confinement effect of tungsten oxide within the nanowalls (similar to 10 nm) is comprehensively investigated by electrochemical transient analysis and various ex situ analytic methods including X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The resulting electrode provides an excellent cycle and rate performance owing to the highly conductive and stable matrix that endures repetitive conversion reactions.
- Keywords
- ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE MATERIALS; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS; HIGH-CAPACITY; DIRECT ACCESS; COMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; NETWORKS; SHEETS
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/91976
- DOI
- 10.1039/c7ta07979f
- ISSN
- 2050-7488
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, vol. 5, no. 47, page. 24782 - 24789, 2017-12
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