Carbon-coated honeycomb Ni-Mn-Co-O inverse opal: A high capacity ternary transition metal oxide anode for Li-ion batteries: A High Capacity Ternary Transition Metal Oxide Anode for Li-ion Batteries

Hugh Geaney, David McNulty, Colm O'Dwyer

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Abstract

We present the formation of a carbon-coated honeycomb ternary Ni-Mn-Co-O inverse opal as a conversion mode anode material for Li-ion battery applications. In order to obtain high capacity via conversion mode reactions, a single phase crystalline honeycombed IO structure of Ni-Mn-Co-O material was first formed. This Ni-Mn-Co-O IO converts via reversible redox reactions and Li2O formation to a 3D structured matrix assembly of nanoparticles of three (MnO, CoO and NiO) oxides, that facilitates efficient reactions with Li. A carbon coating maintains the structure without clogging the open-worked IO pore morphology for electrolyte penetration and mass transport of products during cycling. The highly porous IO was compared in a Li-ion half-cell to nanoparticles of the same material and showed significant improvement in specific capacity and capacity retention. Further optimization of the system was investigated by incorporating a vinylene carbonate additive into the electrolyte solution which boosted performance, offering promising high-rate performance and good capacity retention over extended cycling. The analysis confirms the possibility of creating a ternary transition metal oxide material with binder free accessible open-worked structure to allow three conversion mode oxides to efficiently cycle as an anode material for Li-ion battery applications.

Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Article number42263
Pages (from-to)42263-
JournalScientific Reports
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2017

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