Faculty of Natural Sciences

TY - JOUR

T1 - Interface controlled solid-state lithium storage performance in free-standing bismuth nanosheets

AU - Peng, Yayu

AU - Fang, Liang

AU - Li, Yongtao

AU - Li, Hai Wen

AU - Jensen, Torben R.

AU - Zhang, Qingan

N1 - Funding Information: We sincerely thank Tianlai Xia (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen) and Xiaobin Shi (China University of Petroleum, Beijing) for their assistance with the SEM and HRTEM measurements. This work was financially supported by the Key Program for International S&T Cooperation Projects of China (no. 2017YFE0124300), National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 51971002, 51671001, 51871002 and 51871059), International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Program (no. 201904b11020028) and JSPS KAKENHI (grant number 18H01738). Publisher Copyright: © The Royal Society of Chemistry. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/1

Y1 - 2021/1

N2 - Bismuth (Bi) has recently been discovered as a potential lithium-ion anode material for batteries with high Li capacity and suitable equilibrium potential, and without dendrite formation. However, the reversible electrochemical stability remains insufficient for applications. Herein, it is demonstrated that two-dimensional free-standing Bi nanosheets (Bi-NSs) have superior anode performance using either liquid or solid electrolytes. The Bi-NSs with a uniform thickness of ∼40 nm prepared by aqueous methods exhibit a record high capacity of ∼287 mA h g-1 at a current density of 250 mA g-1 with the LiBH4 solid electrolyte even after 100 cycles. Fast and stable solid-state lithium plating and stripping occur without side reactions. The 2D layered nanostructure has more active sites and a shorter diffusion length, and forms stable interfaces with the electrolyte. The present work reveals a facile synthesis route of novel 2D materials and paves an efficient pathway for high-capacity and safe bismuth-based anodes for lithium batteries.

AB - Bismuth (Bi) has recently been discovered as a potential lithium-ion anode material for batteries with high Li capacity and suitable equilibrium potential, and without dendrite formation. However, the reversible electrochemical stability remains insufficient for applications. Herein, it is demonstrated that two-dimensional free-standing Bi nanosheets (Bi-NSs) have superior anode performance using either liquid or solid electrolytes. The Bi-NSs with a uniform thickness of ∼40 nm prepared by aqueous methods exhibit a record high capacity of ∼287 mA h g-1 at a current density of 250 mA g-1 with the LiBH4 solid electrolyte even after 100 cycles. Fast and stable solid-state lithium plating and stripping occur without side reactions. The 2D layered nanostructure has more active sites and a shorter diffusion length, and forms stable interfaces with the electrolyte. The present work reveals a facile synthesis route of novel 2D materials and paves an efficient pathway for high-capacity and safe bismuth-based anodes for lithium batteries.

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U2 - 10.1039/d0dt03613g

DO - 10.1039/d0dt03613g

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 33295901

AN - SCOPUS:85098966178

VL - 50

SP - 252

EP - 261

JO - Dalton Transactions (Print Edition)

JF - Dalton Transactions (Print Edition)

SN - 1477-9226

IS - 1

ER -