Chao-Ying Fan
Northeast Normal University
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Journal of Materials Chemistry | 2016
Huan-Huan Li; Zi-Yao Li; Xing-Long Wu; Lin-Lin Zhang; Chao-Ying Fan; Hai-Feng Wang; Xiao-Ying Li; Kang Wang; Haizhu Sun; Jingping Zhang
In recent years, metal-organic compounds have been considered as ideal sacrificial templates to obtain transition metal oxides for electrochemical applications due to their diverse structures and tunable properties. In this work, a new kind of cobalt-based metal organic compound with a layered structure was designed and prepared, which was then transformed into ultrafine cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanocrystallites via a facile annealing treatment. The obtained Co3O4 nanocrystallites further assembled into a hierarchical shale-like structure, donating extremely short ion diffusion pathway and rich porosity to the materials. The special structure largely alleviated the problems of Co3O4 such as inferior intrinsic electrical conductivity, poor ion transport kinetics and large volume changes during the redox reactions. When evaluated as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, the shale-like Co3O4 (S-Co3O4) exhibited superior lithium storage properties with a high capacity of 1045.3 mA h g−1 after 100 cycles at 200 mA g−1 and good rate capabilities up to 10 A g−1. Moreover, the S-Co3O4 showed decent electrochemical performance in sodium-ion batteries due to the above-mentioned comprehensive merits (380 and 153.8 mA h g−1 at 50 and 5000 mA g−1, respectively).
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2016
Chao-Ying Fan; Haiyan Yuan; Huan-Huan Li; Hai-Feng Wang; Wenliang Li; Haizhu Sun; Xing-Long Wu; Jingping Zhang
In this work, the lightweight and scalable organic macromolecule graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) with enriched polysulfide adsorption sites of pyridinic-N was introduced to achieve the effective functionalization of separator at the molecular level. This simple method overcomes the difficulty of low doping content as well as the existence of an uncontrolled form of nitrogen heteroatom in the final product. Besides the conventional pyridinic-N-Li bond formed in the vacancies of g-C3N4, the C-S bond was interestingly observed between g-C3N4 and Li2S, which endowed g-C3N4 with an inherent adsorption capacity for polysulfides. In addition, the microsized g-C3N4 provided the coating layer with good mechanical strength to guarantee its restriction function for polysulfides during long cycling. As a result, an excellent reversible capacity of 840 mA h g(-1) was retained at 0.5 C after 400 cycles for a pure sulfur electrode, much better than that of the cell with an innocent carbon-coated separator. Even at a current density of 1 C, the cell still delivered a stable capacity of 732.7 mA h g(-1) after 500 cycles. Moreover, when further increasing the sulfur loading to 5 mg cm(-2), an excellent specific capacity of 1134.7 mA h g(-1) was acquired with the stable cycle stability, ensuring a high areal capacity of 5.11 mA h cm(-2). Besides the intrinsic adsorption ability for polysulfides, g-C3N4 is nontoxic and mass produced. Therefore, a scalable separator decorated with g-C3N4 and a commercial sulfur cathode promises high energy density for the practical application of Li-S batteries.
Journal of Materials Chemistry | 2015
Lin-Lin Zhang; Huan-Huan Li; Chao-Ying Fan; Kang Wang; Xing-Long Wu; Haizhu Sun; Jingping Zhang
Nanostructured transition metal oxides are attractive pseudocapacitive materials with high theoretical specific capacitance, scale-up potential and environmental benignity. However, realizing high capacitance and excellent rate capability remains a critical challenge. Herein, a three-dimensional carbon support of cellulose-fiber covered with graphene (CFG) to induce the growth of a hierarchical nanostructured Ni(OH)2 (Ni(OH)2–CFG) is fabricated through a one-pot hydrothermal reaction without using any surfactants or hard templates. The resulting Ni(OH)2–CFG composite exhibits a special vertical and cross-linked network structure with a large surface area (425.9 m2 g−1, higher than that of unsupported Ni(OH)2, 366.9 m2 g−1) and appropriate pore size distribution of micro–mesopores, which offer fast electrolyte ion-transport and short ion-diffusion pathways. Electrochemical characterization demonstrates that the Ni(OH)2–CFG composite as a binder-free electrode reveals high mass capacitance (2276 F g−1, at 1 A g−1), good rate capability and excellent cycling stability (no capacitance decay after 1000 cycles at a high current density of 5 A g−1). In addition, an asymmetric Ni(OH)2–CFG//activated carbon supercapacitor exhibits a high cell-voltage of 1.6 V and a maximum specific capacitance of 191.3 F g−1 with an energy density up to 15.0 W h kg−1. The excellent performances of the Ni(OH)2–CFG composite demonstrate its promising potential for future capacitor based energy storage and conversion.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2015
Chao-Ying Fan; Pin Xiao; Huan-Huan Li; Hai-Feng Wang; Lin-Lin Zhang; Haizhu Sun; Xing-Long Wu; Haiming Xie; Jingping Zhang
In this work, the chemical interaction of cathode and lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), which is a more targeted approach for completely preventing the shuttle of LiPSs in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, has been established on the electrode level. Through simply posttreating the ordinary sulfur cathode in atmospheric environment just for several minutes, the Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) were well-decorated on/in the surface and pores of the electrode composed of commercial acetylene black (CB) and sulfur powder. The Au NPs can covalently stabilize the sulfur/LiPSs, which is advantageous for restricting the shuttle effect. Moreover, the LiPSs reservoirs of Au NPs with high conductivity can significantly control the deposition of the trapped LiPSs, contributing to the uniform distribution of sulfur species upon charging/discharging. The slight modification of the cathode with <3 wt % Au NPs has favorably prospered the cycle capacity and stability of Li-S batteries. Moreover, this cathode exhibited an excellent anti-self-discharge ability. The slight decoration for the ordinary electrode, which can be easily accessed in the industrial process, provides a facile strategy for improving the performance of commercial carbon-based Li-S batteries toward practical application.
RSC Advances | 2014
Huan-Huan Li; Jiawei Wang; Xing-Long Wu; Haizhu Sun; Feng-Mei Yang; Kang Wang; Lin-Lin Zhang; Chao-Ying Fan; Jingping Zhang
A novel method was developed to successfully prepare mesoporous Si/C nanocomposites with yolk–shell structures (MSi@C). Different from the reported methods, this approach was unique, straightforward and easily scaled up. A plausible mechanism for the formation of MSi@C nanocomposites was proposed, which was in accordance with the results of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). When the mixture of mesoporous Si (M-Si) and citric acid was heated up, the volume of air adsorbed by the M-Si expanded, and the viscoelastic citric acid layers inflated just like balloons, directly leading to the formation of the yolk–shell structured MSi@C nanocomposites during the carbonization. The MSi@C nanocomposites possessed an M-Si core with diameter ∼150 nm and a carbon shell with diameter ∼230 nm. Such nano and mesoporous structure combined with voids between the M-Si core and carbon shell not only provides enough space for the volume expansion of M-Si during lithiation, but also accommodates the mechanical stresses/strains caused by the volume inflation and contraction. Moreover, partial graphitization of the carbon contributed to the improved electrical conductivity and rate performance of MSi@C. As a result, the prepared MSi@C exhibited an initial reversible capacity of 2599.1 mA h g−1 and maintained 1264.7 mA h g−1 even after 150 cycles at 100 mA g−1, with high coulombic efficiency (CE) above 99% (based on the weight of M-Si in the electrode). Therefore, this work provided an alternative method to fabricate yolk–shell nanostructured materials with great potential as anode materials for lithium ion batteries.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2016
Lin-Lin Zhang; Huan-Huan Li; Yanhong Shi; Chao-Ying Fan; Xing-Long Wu; Hai-Feng Wang; Haizhu Sun; Jingping Zhang
In this paper, gelatin as a natural biomass was selected to successfully prepare an oxygen-enriched carbon with layered sedimentary rocks structure, which exhibited ultrahigh-rate performance and excellent cycling stability as supercapacitors. The specific capacitance reached 272.6 F g(-1) at 1 A g(-1) and still retained 197.0 F g(-1) even at 100 A g(-1) (with high capacitance retention of 72.3%). The outstanding electrochemical performance resulted from the special layered structure with large surface area (827.8 m(2) g(-1)) and high content of oxygen (16.215 wt %), which effectively realized the synergistic effects of the electrical double-layer capacitance and pseudocapacitance. Moreover, it delivered an energy density of 25.3 Wh kg(-1) even with a high power density of 34.7 kW kg(-1) and ultralong cycling stability (with no capacitance decay even over 10,000 cycles at 2 A g(-1)) in a symmetric supercapacitor, which are highly desirable for their practical application in energy storage devices and conversion.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2016
Chao-Ying Fan; Si-Yu Liu; Huan-Huan Li; Hai-Feng Wang; Han-Chi Wang; Xing-Long Wu; Haizhu Sun; Jingping Zhang
The synergistic design of cathode region was conducted to minimize the shuttle effect of polysulfides and decrease the loading of inactive components in order to acquire high-energy-density lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. The well-designed cathode region presented two special characteristics: one was the intertwined nanofibers interlayer based on ultrafine TiO2 nanocrystal uniformly embedded within N-doping porous carbon; the other was the lightweight and three-dimensional current collector of fibrous cellulose paper coated by reduced graphene oxide. In consequence, the decent reversible capacity of 874.8 mA h g-1 was acquired at 0.1 C with a capacity retention of 91.83% after 100 cycles. Besides, the satisfactory capacity of 670 mA h g-1 was delivered after 300 cycles at 1 C with the small decay rate of only 0.08%. Because of higher capacity and lower loading of inactive component in cathode region, the energy density of cell increased more than five times compared with unmodified cell. Moreover, to further enhance the energy density, the high-sulfur-loading electrode was fabricated. A good areal capacity of 4.27 mA h cm-2 was retained for the cell with the active material of 4 mg cm-2 and the cycle stability was also well-maintained. In addition, due to the flexibility of interlayer and current collector, Li-S full cell (in pouch cell format) was easily curved. Therefore, the synergistic design for cathode region, which combines the flexible and mass-produced interlayer and current collector together, provides an effective access to Li-S batteries with high energy density and flexibility for practical application.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2017
Hong-Yan Lü; Xiao-Hua Zhang; Fang Wan; Dao-Sheng Liu; Chao-Ying Fan; Huan-Mei Xu; Guang Wang; Xing-Long Wu
In this work, a flexible and self-supporting P-doped carbon cloth (FPCC), which is composed of interwoven mesh of hollow microtubules with porous carbon walls, is prepared via a vacuum-sealed doping technology by employing the commercially available cotton cloth as sustainable and scalable raw material. When directly used as binder-free anode for sodium-ion batteries, the as-prepared FPCC delivers superior Na-storage properties in terms of specific capacity up to 242.4 mA h g-1, high initial Coulombic efficiency of ∼72%, excellent rate capabilities (e.g., 123.1 mA h g-1 at a high current of 1 A g-1), and long-term cycle life (e.g., ∼88% capacity retention after even 600 cycles). All these electrochemical data are better than the undoped carbon cloth control, demonstrating the significance of P-doping to enhance the Na-storage properties of cotton-derived carbon anode. Furthermore, the technologies of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique are implemented to disclose the decrease of charge transfer resistance and improvement of Na-migration kinetics, respectively.
Journal of Materials Chemistry | 2017
Chao-Ying Fan; Si-Yu Liu; Huan-Huan Li; Yan-Hong Shi; Han-Chi Wang; Hai-Feng Wang; Haizhu Sun; Xing-Long Wu; Jingping Zhang
Although the composite of metal oxide and porous carbon has been confirmed as an effective material to chemically adsorb polysulfides, the low conductivity of the metal oxide results in the need for extra pathways for the diffusion of polysulfides from adsorption sites to redox-active sites. This process results in sluggish reaction kinetics and escaped polysulfides. In this work, a Gerber tree-like interlayer with multiple components was designed to fully mediate the electrochemical conversion of Li–S batteries and shorten the diffusion distance of polysulfides in the composite. The branches of the interlayer contained TiO2 and Co3O4 nanocrystals embedded into N-doped porous carbon, while the fruit was catalytic metal cobalt. The two co-existing chemical adsorbents ensure the restriction of polysulfides through S–Ti–O bonding and Lewis acid–base interaction. Moreover, the metal Co catalyzes the transformation of adsorbed polysulfides into low-order ones, which largely shortens the diffusion pathway, improving the reaction kinetics and preventing the migration of polysulfides. The cell with the interlayer exhibited outstanding electrochemical performance. After 100 cycles, a reversible capacity of 968 mA h g−1 was maintained at 0.1C with a stable capacity retention of 85%. Even at the current rate of 1C, the cell delivered a capacity of 684.5 mA h g−1 after 300 cycles.
Journal of Materials Chemistry | 2016
Huan-Huan Li; Lin-Lin Zhang; Chao-Ying Fan; Xing-Long Wu; Hai-Feng Wang; Xiao-Ying Li; Kang Wang; Haizhu Sun; Jingping Zhang
A dissolution–recrystallization method was developed to prepare flexible paper electrodes constructed of Zn2GeO4 nanofibers anchored with amorphous carbon (ZGO/C-P) for high energy and power Li-ion batteries. The ZGO/C-P exhibits superior long-term cycle stability (up to 2000 cycles at 1 A g−1) and excellent rate capability.