Vertical graphene nanosheetsmodified Al current collectors for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Kexin Wang; Chongzhen Wang; Hao Yang; Xiongbiao Wang; Feng Cao; Qinci Wu; Hailin Peng

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Vertical graphene nanosheetsmodified Al current collectors for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Kexin Wang^¹, Chongzhen Wang^¹, Hao Yang^², Xiongbiao Wang^³, Feng Cao^³, Qinci Wu^¹, Hailin Peng^{¹^,³}(

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1Center for Nanochemistry (CNC), Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

2Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

3Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing 100094, China

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Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage owing to their excellent high-power performance. However, Al-based current collectorsat both anodes and cathodes of SIBs, which widely influence the power properties of a variety of electrodes in SIBs, have rarely been investigated. Here, we demonstrate that vertical graphene nanosheets grown on commercial Al foil by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method, form a robust connection with the carbon-based conductive network of the electrode, thereby significantly reducing the electrode-current collector interfacial resistance. For sodium vanadium phosphate (NVP) anodes with vertical graphenenanosheetmodified Al foil (G-Al) current collectors, the interfacial resistance between the electrode and current collector is reduced 20-fold compared with that in the case of Al foil. The G-Al current collector reduces the polarization and improves the rate capability compared with that of Al current collectors within both cathodes and anodes of SIBs. At a high rate of 5 C, the capacity retention of NVP cathode with G-Al current collector is 74%, which is much higher than that with Al foil (22%).We believe that the obtained results support the prospect for the widespread use of G-Al current collectors in the further improvement of high-power profiles of SIBs.

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vertical graphene nanosheets sodium-ion batteries current collector interfacial resistance

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Nano Research

Volume 13 Issue 7,
July 2020

Pages 1948-1954

DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2780-2

Cite this article:

Wang K, Wang C, Yang H, et al. Vertical graphene nanosheetsmodified Al current collectors for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2020, 13(7): 1948-1954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2780-2

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Aluminum Aluminum foil Anodes Cathodes Graphene Metal ions Plasma CVD Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Sodium compounds Vanadium compounds

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Received: 16 February 2020

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Published: 24 April 2020