The unstable interface of lithium metal in high energy density Li sulfur (Li-S) batteries raises concerns of poor cycling, low efficiency and safety issues, which may be addressed by using intercalation types of anode. Herein, a new prototype of Li-ion sulfur battery with high performance has been demonstrated by coupling a graphite anode with a sulfur cathode (2 mA h cm(-2)) after successfully...

In this work, a novel acausal and reconfigurable battery pack model is presented. The model structure adopted for the battery cell is based on an equivalent circuit representation. The circuit elements are modified to take account of both hysteresis and diffusion limitation. The latter is known to be a nonlinear function of large operating currents or long operating times. It is shown that the ...

Because the charging process for Li+ batteries can take an hour or longer, testing a Li+ battery charger using its natural load (i.e., a battery) is time consuming and inconvenient. This application note presents a simple circuit for simulating the behavior of a Li+ battery, thus providing a more convenient method for testing Li+ battery chargers than using real batteries. A similar version of ...

Dilithium benzenediacrylate was prepared and investigated as an example of a readily available organic electrode material for lithium-ion batteries. Its poor conductive properties were overcome by a method of carbon-coating in the liquid state, resulting in enhanced cycling performance, displaying a reversible capacity of 180 mA h g(-1).

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In this communication, FeMnO3 particles were prepared and evaluated as an anode material for Li ion batteries. This electrode shows high capacity, excellent rate capability, and good cycling stability (984 mA h g-1 at 1.0 A g-1 after 500 cycles). Moreover, the Li storage mechanism is studied.

A method for preparing multiphasic hollow rods consisting of nanoscale Sn-based materials through a thermochemical reduction process involving bacteria and Sn oxides is reported. This facile process involves the bacteria-mediated synthesis of SnO(2) nanoparticles that form on bacterial surfaces used as templates at room temperature. The subsequent template removal proceeds via a reduction of th...

A wet-chemical etching method is reported for the scale-up preparation of carbon-coated hierarchical micro/nano porous silicon powders as a Li-ion battery anode, which shows no capacity fading at 1500 mA h g(-1) in 50 charge/discharge cycles.

The lithium-ion battery (LIB) is a widely used energy storage system with applications spanning from small electronics to automobiles. An important figure of merit for LIBs is specific capacity, typically reported in mAh/g. One way to improve the overall capacity of LIBs is to replace the ubiquitous carbon anode with silicon or tin, which promise specific capacity of 4,000 and 994 mAh/g, respec...