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Confining ultrafine Li3P nanoclusters in porous carbon for high-performance lithium-ion battery anode

Eryang Mao1, Wenyu Wang1, Mintao Wan1, Li Wang2 (), Xiangming He2, Yongming Sun1()
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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High-capacity lithium-containing alloy anodes (e.g., Li4.4Si, Li4.4Sn, and Li3P) enable lithium-free cathodes (e.g., Sulfur, V2O5, and FeF3) to produce next-generation lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with high energy density. Herein, we design a Li3P/C nanocomposite with Li3P ultrafine nanodomains embedded in micrometer-scale porous carbon particles. Benefiting from the unique micro/nanostructure of the Li3P/C nanocomposite, electrons transfer rapidly through the conductive pathway provided by the porous carbon framework and the volume change between Li3P and P is confined in the nanopores of the carbon, which avoids the collapse of the whole Li3P/C composite particles. As expected, the as-achieved Li3P/C nanocomposite provided a high available lithium-ion capacity of 791 mAh/g (calculated based on the mass of Li3P/C) at 0.1 C during the initial delithiation process. Meanwhile, the Li3P/C nanocomposite showed 75% of its 0.5 C capacity at 6 C and stable cycling stability.

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Li3P nanoclustersporous carbonlithium-containing anodehigh capacitylithium-ion batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 4,
April 2020
Pages 1122-1126
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2756-2
Cite this article:
Mao E, Wang W, Wan M, et al. Confining ultrafine Li3P nanoclusters in porous carbon for high-performance lithium-ion battery anode. Nano Research, 2020, 13(4): 1122-1126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2756-2
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AnodesBinary alloysCarbonIonsLithium alloysNanocompositesPorous materialsVanadium pentoxide
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