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Advanced rechargeable aluminium ion battery with a high-quality natural graphite cathode

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  • Di-Yan Wang

    (National Taiwan Normal University
    Tunghai University
    Stanford University)

  • Chuan-Yu Wei

    (National Taiwan Normal University
    National Taiwan University)

  • Meng-Chang Lin

    (Stanford University
    College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology)

  • Chun-Jern Pan

    (Stanford University
    National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)

  • Hung-Lung Chou

    (Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)

  • Hsin-An Chen

    (National Taiwan University)

  • Ming Gong

    (Stanford University)

  • Yingpeng Wu

    (Stanford University)

  • Chunze Yuan

    (Stanford University)

  • Michael Angell

    (Stanford University)

  • Yu-Ju Hsieh

    (National Taiwan Normal University)

  • Yu-Hsun Chen

    (National Taiwan Normal University)

  • Cheng-Yen Wen

    (National Taiwan University)

  • Chun-Wei Chen

    (National Taiwan University)

  • Bing-Joe Hwang

    (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC))

  • Chia-Chun Chen

    (National Taiwan Normal University
    Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica)

  • Hongjie Dai

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

Recently, interest in aluminium ion batteries with aluminium anodes, graphite cathodes and ionic liquid electrolytes has increased; however, much remains to be done to increase the cathode capacity and to understand details of the anion–graphite intercalation mechanism. Here, an aluminium ion battery cell made using pristine natural graphite flakes achieves a specific capacity of ∼110 mAh g−1 with Coulombic efficiency ∼98%, at a current density of 99 mA g−1 (0.9 C) with clear discharge voltage plateaus (2.25–2.0 V and 1.9–1.5 V). The cell has a capacity of 60 mAh g−1 at 6 C, over 6,000 cycles with Coulombic efficiency ∼ 99%. Raman spectroscopy shows two different intercalation processes involving chloroaluminate anions at the two discharging plateaus, while C–Cl bonding on the surface, or edges of natural graphite, is found using X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Finally, theoretical calculations are employed to investigate the intercalation behaviour of choloraluminate anions in the graphite electrode.

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  • Di-Yan Wang & Chuan-Yu Wei & Meng-Chang Lin & Chun-Jern Pan & Hung-Lung Chou & Hsin-An Chen & Ming Gong & Yingpeng Wu & Chunze Yuan & Michael Angell & Yu-Ju Hsieh & Yu-Hsun Chen & Cheng-Yen Wen & Chun, 2017. "Advanced rechargeable aluminium ion battery with a high-quality natural graphite cathode," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14283
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14283
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