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Highly reversible lithiation/delithiation in indium antimonide with hybrid buffering matrix
Author(s) -
Hieu Luong Trung,
So Seongjoon,
Kim Il Tae,
Hur Jaehyun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.6848
Subject(s) - anode , materials science , amorphous solid , chemical engineering , nanocomposite , lithium (medication) , ball mill , rutile , selenide , nanotechnology , electrode , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry , selenium , endocrinology , engineering
Summary Sb‐based intermetallic materials have been extensively studied as electrodes for lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) owing to the high discharge capacity and acceptable working voltage range. In this study, InSb nanocrystallites were homogeneously distributed and embedded into a combined matrix of amorphous carbon and rutile TiO 2 by a facile two‐time ball‐milling process. The nanostructure of the composite exhibited a favorable synergistic effect of the three components (InSb: high‐capacity active material, TiO 2 : inorganic crystalline robust matrix, and C: carbonaceous amorphous conductive matrix), which not only supplied a buffering network to suppress the volume expansion of InSb during the Li + ion intercalation/deintercalation process, but also enhanced the ionic/electronic conductivity of the anode material. Consequently, the InSb‐TiO 2 ‐C anode delivered a long lifespan and remarkable rate performance. In addition, the anode showed a high reversible discharge capacity of 540 mAh g −1 even after 400 cycles at a high current rate of 500 mA g −1 . Furthermore, the anode exhibited good capacity retention (87% at 2 A g −1 relative to the capacity at 0.1 A g −1 ). These results indicate the potential of InSb‐TiO 2 ‐C nanocomposites for LIBs anode materials.