Carbon-coated honeycomb Ni-Mn-Co-O inverse opal: a high capacity ternary transition metal oxide anode for Li-ion batteries

dc.contributor.authorMcNulty, David
dc.contributor.authorGeaney, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorO'Dwyer, Colm
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commissionen
dc.contributor.funderSeventh Framework Programmeen
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-16T14:40:17Z
dc.date.available2017-02-16T14:40:17Z
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.date.updated2017-02-16T14:14:18Z
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation Ireland ((SFI through Technology Innovation and Development Awards under contracts no. 13/TIDA/E2761 and 15/TIDA/2893), (SFI Research Grant Number 14/IA/2581)); European Commission (Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 (Project STABLE) under grant agreement no. 314508.)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcNulty, D., Geaney, H. and O’Dwyer, C. (2017) 'Carbon-Coated Honeycomb Ni-Mn-Co-O Inverse Opal: A High Capacity Ternary Transition Metal Oxide Anode for Li-ion Batteries', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 42263. doi:10.1038/srep42263en
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep42263
dc.identifier.endpage42263-13en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.journaltitleScientific Reportsen
dc.identifier.startpage42263-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3647
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP1::NMP/314508/EU/STable high-capacity lithium-Air Batteries with Long cycle life for Electric cars/STABLEen
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectLi-ion battery applicationsen
dc.subjectNanoparticlesen
dc.subjectHoneycomben
dc.subjectConversion mode oxidesen
dc.titleCarbon-coated honeycomb Ni-Mn-Co-O inverse opal: a high capacity ternary transition metal oxide anode for Li-ion batteriesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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