Carbon-Coated Porous Aluminum Foil Anode for High-Rate, Long-Term Cycling Stability, and High Energy Density Dual-Ion Batteries

Xuefeng Tong; Fan Zhang; Bifa Ji; Maohua Sheng; Yongbing Tang

doi:10.1002/adma.201603735

Carbon-Coated Porous Aluminum Foil Anode for High-Rate, Long-Term Cycling Stability, and High Energy Density Dual-Ion Batteries

Adv Mater. 2016 Dec;28(45):9979-9985. doi: 10.1002/adma.201603735. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Authors

Xuefeng Tong^{1

2}, Fan Zhang¹, Bifa Ji^{1

3}, Maohua Sheng^{1

3}, Yongbing Tang¹

Affiliations

¹ Functional Thin Films Research Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
² College of Advanced Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
³ Nano Science and Technology Institute, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123, China.

PMID: 27678136
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603735

Abstract

A 3D porous Al foil coated with a uniform carbon layer (pAl/C) is prepared and used as the anode and current collector in a dual-ion battery (DIB). The pAl/C-graphite DIB demonstrates superior cycling stability and high rate performance, achieving a highly reversible capacity of 93 mAh g^-1 after 1000 cycles at 2 C over the voltage range of 3.0-4.95 V. In addition, the DIB could achieve an energy density of ≈204 Wh kg^-1 at a high power density of 3084 W kg^-1 .

Keywords: anodes; cycling stability; dual-ion batteries; energy density; porous aluminum.