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High‐Quality Graphene Microflower Design for High‐Performance Li–S and Al‐Ion Batteries
Author(s) -
Chen Hao,
Chen Chen,
Liu Yingjun,
Zhao Xiaoli,
Ananth Nimrodh,
Zheng Bingna,
Peng Li,
Huang Tieqi,
Gao Weiwei,
Gao Chao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201700051
Subject(s) - graphene , materials science , electrochemistry , electrode , battery (electricity) , cathode , sulfur , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , stacking , energy storage , ion , chemical engineering , composite number , composite material , metallurgy , electrical engineering , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , power (physics) , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance
Poor quality and insufficient productivity are two main obstacles for the practical application of graphene in electrochemical energy storage. Here, high‐quality crumpled graphene microflower (GmF) for high‐performance electrodes is designed. The GmF possesses four advantages simultaneously: highly crystallized defect‐free graphene layers, low stacking degree, sub‐millimeter continuous surface, and large productivity with low cost. When utilized as carbon host for sulfur cathode, the GmF‐sulfur hybrid delivers decent areal capacities of 5.2 mAh cm −2 at 0.1 C and 3.8 mAh cm −2 at 0.5 C. When utilized as cathode of Al‐ion battery, the GmF affords a high capacity of 100 mAh g −1 with 100% capacity retention after 5000 cycles and excellent rate capability from 0.1 to 20 A g −1 . This facile and large‐scale producible GmF represents a meaningful high‐quality graphene powder for practical energy storage technology. Meanwhile, this unique high‐quality graphene design provides an effective route to improve electrochemical properties of graphene‐based electrodes.