Lithium titanate hydrates with superfast and stable cycling in lithium ion batteries

Shitong Wang; Wei Quan; Zhi Zhu; Yong Yang; Qi Liu; Yang Ren; Xiaoyi Zhang; Rui Xu; Ye Hong; Zhongtai Zhang; Khalil Amine; Zilong Tang; Jun Lu; Ju Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00574-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Lithium titanate hydrates with superfast and stable cycling in lithium ion batteries

Shitong Wang,
Wei Quan,
Zhi Zhu,
Yong Yang,
Qi Liu,
Yang Ren,
Xiaoyi Zhang,
Rui Xu,
Ye Hong,
Zhongtai Zhang,
Khalil Amine,
Zilong Tang,
Jun Lu,
Ju Li

Affiliations

Shitong Wang: State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Wei Quan: State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Zhi Zhu: Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yong Yang: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Qi Liu: X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Yang Ren: X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Xiaoyi Zhang: X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Rui Xu: Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Ye Hong: State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Zhongtai Zhang: State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Khalil Amine: Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Zilong Tang: State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Jun Lu: Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Ju Li: Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00574-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Water is usually not favorable in high-voltage window aprotic electrolytes. Here the authors discover some lithium titanate hydrates that allow superior power rate and ultralong cycle life in aprotic electrolytes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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