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Strong coordination interaction in amorphous Sn-Ti-ethylene glycol compound for stable Li-ion storage

Show Author's Information Yuqing Cai1,†,  Haigang Liu2,†,  Haoran Li1,  Qianzi Sun1,  Xiang Wang1,  Fangyuan Zhu2,  Ziquan Li1( ),  Jang-Kyo Kim3( ),  Zhen-Dong Huang1( )
State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

† Yuqing Cai and Haigang Liu contributed equally to this work.

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ethylene glycol, lithium-ion batteries, anode materials, tin, bimetal organic compounds
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Cai Y, Liu H, Li H, et al. Strong coordination interaction in amorphous Sn-Ti-ethylene glycol compound for stable Li-ion storage. Energy Materials and Devices, 2023, 1(2): 9370013. https://doi.org/10.26599/EMD.2023.9370013
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Sn has been considered one of the most promising metallic anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of its high specific capacity. Herein, we report a novel amorphous tin-titanium-ethylene glycol (Sn-Ti-EG) bimetal organic compound as an anode for LIBs. The Sn-Ti-EG electrode exhibits exceptional cyclic stability with high Li-ion storage capacity. Even after 700 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A g−1, the anode maintains a capacity of 345 mAh g−1. The unique bimetal organic structure of the Sn-Ti-EG anode and the strong coordination interaction between Sn/Ti and O within the framework effectively suppress the aggregation of Sn atoms, eliminating the usual pulverization of bulk Sn through volume expansion. Furthermore, the Sn M-edge of the X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra obtained using soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy signifies the conversion of Sn2+ ions into Sn0 during the initial lithiation process, which is reversible upon delithiation. These findings reveal that Sn is one of the most active components that account for the excellent electrochemical performance of the Sn-Ti-EG electrode, whereas Ti has no practical contribution to the capacity of the electrode. The reversible formation of organic functional groups on the solid electrolyte interphase is also partly responsible for its cyclic stability.


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Strong coordination interaction in amorphous Sn-Ti-ethylene glycol compound for stable Li-ion storage

Show Author's information Yuqing Cai1,†, Haigang Liu2,†, Haoran Li1, Qianzi Sun1, Xiang Wang1, Fangyuan Zhu2, Ziquan Li1( ), Jang-Kyo Kim3( ), Zhen-Dong Huang1( )
State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

† Yuqing Cai and Haigang Liu contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Sn has been considered one of the most promising metallic anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of its high specific capacity. Herein, we report a novel amorphous tin-titanium-ethylene glycol (Sn-Ti-EG) bimetal organic compound as an anode for LIBs. The Sn-Ti-EG electrode exhibits exceptional cyclic stability with high Li-ion storage capacity. Even after 700 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A g−1, the anode maintains a capacity of 345 mAh g−1. The unique bimetal organic structure of the Sn-Ti-EG anode and the strong coordination interaction between Sn/Ti and O within the framework effectively suppress the aggregation of Sn atoms, eliminating the usual pulverization of bulk Sn through volume expansion. Furthermore, the Sn M-edge of the X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra obtained using soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy signifies the conversion of Sn2+ ions into Sn0 during the initial lithiation process, which is reversible upon delithiation. These findings reveal that Sn is one of the most active components that account for the excellent electrochemical performance of the Sn-Ti-EG electrode, whereas Ti has no practical contribution to the capacity of the electrode. The reversible formation of organic functional groups on the solid electrolyte interphase is also partly responsible for its cyclic stability.

Keywords: ethylene glycol, lithium-ion batteries, anode materials, tin, bimetal organic compounds

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Received: 21 October 2023
Revised: 03 November 2023
Accepted: 07 November 2023
Published: 20 November 2023
Issue date: December 2023

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This work was conducted under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52277219, 61974072, 52032005), the Project of State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (GZR2022010024), Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX22_0992). JKK is grateful for the financial support (FSU 2023-022, PD#8295) from Khalifa University. We also acknowledge the sXAS experiments support from the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BL07U).

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