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Strong interaction between phosphorus and wrinkle carbon sphere promote the performance of phosphorus anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Xin Li1,2,§, Shaojie Zhang3,§, Juan Du1( ), Lele Liu3, Chong Mao4( ), Jie Sun3, Aibing Chen1( )
College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Zhuhai Smoothway Electronic Materials Co., Ltd., Zhuhai 519050, China

§ Xin Li and Shaojie Zhang contributed equally to this work.

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In this work, we have studied the key effect of wrinkle carbon on the vaporization–condensation process of red phosphorus (RP). It can be seen that the wrinkle carbon with more contents of pentagon structure (C5) and heptagon structure (C7) has strong binding energy with P4 molecule, which can promote the adsorption and transformation from P4 to RP.

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The durable red phosphorus (RP) anode for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has attracted great attention owing to its high theoretical specific capacity (2596 mA∙h∙g−1) and moderate lithiation potential (~ 0.7 V vs. Li+/Li). However, its intrinsic poor electrical conductivity, enormous volume expansion, and soluble intermediates (lithium polyphosphides, LixPPs) lead to poor cycling performance. To overcome these issues, we introduce a new type of wrinkle carbon spheres as the host for loading phosphorus through a vaporization–condensation strategy. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the wrinkle carbon sphere shows strong binding energy with P4 molecule, accelerating the adsorption and polymerization of P4, thus enhancing RP conversion in the preparation process. In the lithiation/delithiation process, the wrinkle carbon has strong bonding with phosphorus and strong adsorption with LixPPs, resulting in excellent cycling performance. The design strategy to modify RP polymerization via reforming the interaction between wrinkle carbon spheres and phosphorus expands the application of RP for LIBs and beyond.

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red phosphorushigh wrinkle carbon spheresvaporization–condensation strategylithium-ion batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 7,
July 2023
Pages 9273-9279
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5499-z
Cite this article:
Li X, Zhang S, Du J, et al. Strong interaction between phosphorus and wrinkle carbon sphere promote the performance of phosphorus anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2023, 16(7): 9273-9279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5499-z
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Received: 17 November 2022
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Accepted: 12 January 2023
Published: 14 March 2023
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