To develop a new anode material to meet the increasing demands of lithium-ion battery, MoS2 is used for the first time to modify the C/LiVPO4 F anode to improve its lithium-storage performance between 3 and 0.01 V. Morphological observations reveal that the MoS2 -modified C/LiVPO4 F particles (M-LVPF) are wrapped by an amorphous carbon as interlayer and layered MoS2 as external surface. Charge-discharge tests show that M-LVPF delivers a high reversible capacity of 308 mAh g(-1) at 50 mA g(-1) . After 300 cycles at 1.0 A g(-1) , a capacity retention of 98.7 % is observed. Moreover, it exhibits high rate capability with a specific capacity of 199 mAh g(-1) at 1.6 A g(-1) . Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests indicate that the lithium-ion diffusion and charge-exchange reaction at the surface of M-LVPF are greatly enhanced. First-principles calculations for the MoS2 (001)/C/LiVPO4 F (010) system demonstrate that the absorption of MoS2 on C/LiVPO4 F is exothermic and spontaneous and that the electron transfer at the MoS2 -absorbed C/LiVPO4 F surface is enhanced.
Lithium-ion battery (LIB) industry seems to have met its bottle neck in cutting down producing costs even though much efforts have been put into building a complete industrial chain. Actually, manufacturing methods can greatly affect the cost of battery production. Up to now, lithium ion battery producers still adopt manufacturing methods with cumbersome sub-components preparing processes and costly assembling procedures, which will undoubtedly elevate the producing cost. Herein, we propose a novel approach to directly assemble battery components (cathode, anode and separator) in an integrated way using electro-spraying and electro-spinning technologies. More importantly, this novel battery manufacturing method can produce LIBs in large scale, and the products show excellent mechanical strength, flexibility, thermal stability and electrolyte wettability. Additionally, the performance of the as-prepaed LiFePO4||graphite full cell produced by this new method is comparable or even better than that produced by conventional manufacturing approach. In brief, this work provides a new promising technology to prepare LIBs with low cost and better performance.
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