Efficient lithium-ion storage using a heterostructured porous carbon framework and its in situ transmission electron microscopy study

Minjun Kim; Joseph F S Fernando; Jie Wang; Ashok Kumar Nanjundan; Jongbeom Na; Md Shahriar A Hossain; Hiroki Nara; Darren Martin; Yoshiyuki Sugahara; Dmitri Golberg; Yusuke Yamauchi

doi:10.1039/d1cc05298e

Efficient lithium-ion storage using a heterostructured porous carbon framework and its in situ transmission electron microscopy study

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Jan 18;58(6):863-866. doi: 10.1039/d1cc05298e.

Authors

Minjun Kim¹, Joseph F S Fernando², Jie Wang³, Ashok Kumar Nanjundan¹, Jongbeom Na¹, Md Shahriar A Hossain^{1

4}, Hiroki Nara³, Darren Martin⁵, Yoshiyuki Sugahara^{3

6}, Dmitri Golberg^{2

7}, Yusuke Yamauchi^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. ashok.nanjundan@uq.edu.au.
² Centre for Materials Science and School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia. dmitry.golberg@qut.edu.au.
³ Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan. wangjie2340@gmail.com.
⁴ School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4067, Australia.
⁵ School of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
⁶ Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
⁷ International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.

PMID: 34935790
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05298e

Abstract

A heterostructured porous carbon framework (PCF) composed of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets and metal organic framework (MOF)-derived microporous carbon is prepared to investigate its potential use in a lithium-ion battery. As an anode material, the PCF exhibits efficient lithium-ion storage performance with a high reversible specific capacity (771 mA h g^-1 at 50 mA g^-1), an excellent rate capability (448 mA h g^-1 at 1000 mA g^-1), and a long lifespan (75% retention after 400 cycles). The in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study demonstrates that its unique three-dimensional (3D) heterostructure can largely tolerate the volume expansion. We envisage that this work may offer a deeper understanding of the importance of tailored design of anode materials for future lithium-ion batteries.