An effective strategy to achieve high-power electrode by tin doping: Snx-TiNb2O7 as a promising anode material with a large capacity and high-rate performance for lithium-ion batteries

Bian, Haowei; Gu, Jiajie; Song, Zhongcheng; Gong, Huaxu; Zhang, Zixiang; Mao, Wutao; Bao, Keyan

doi:10.1007/s10854-023-11183-2

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“…Several groups have previously researched the effects of substituting a few elements into the structure of TNO. The doping of TNO has been utilized with 10 substituents so far, such as V, Mo, and Ru atoms as a way of tuning material performance parameters, − but as of now, no large-scale systematic screening of elemental dopants has been performed.…”

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Improving Li-Ion Anodes with Systematic Elemental Doping in Titanium Niobate

Sieffert,

Lang,

Frazzini

et al. 2024

Chem. Mater.

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Lithium-ion batteries for high-power applications have become an increasingly important area of development as these devices have been used in implantable medical devices, where extreme safety and long lifetimes are essential. TiNb 2 O 7 has emerged as a promising candidate to replace the current industrial standard Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 as a safe high-power anode. In this study, we use combinatorial methods to screen the effects of 52 different dopants (M) in the composition (TiNb 2 ) 0.98 M 0.06 O 7 with 52 unique elemental dopants. The materials were studied with high throughput by X-ray diffraction and cyclic voltammetry to reveal the performance of the doped materials. Structural analysis revealed a change in the lattice parameters dependent on the substituent present, and some extremely large dopants were able to partially substitute into the materials. Several doped materials, particularly with large dopants, show excellent discharge capacities of 326.7 mAh g −1 at room temperature, an improvement of over 20% over the undoped material despite moderate doping levels (2% of the metals). Many of the doped TNO samples show excellent extended cycling, especially at 37 °C. The dramatic improvements with the addition of large dopants (most of which are electrochemically inactive) are attributed to distortions in the local structure improving the Li diffusion paths, thereby enabling higher capacities, and establish a new design principle in optimizing these safe anodes.

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