Facile molten salt synthesis of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles for durable high-rate lithium-ion battery anodes

Ruijia Liu; Na Li; Enyue Zhao; Jinkui Zhao; Lingxu Yang; Wenjun Wang; Huijun Liu; Chaoliu Zeng

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Ruijia Liu, Na Li, Enyue Zhao, Jinkui Zhao, Lingxu Yang, Wenjun Wang, Huijun Liu, Chaoliu Zeng. Facile molten salt synthesis of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles for durable high-rate lithium-ion battery anodes[J]. Materials Futures, 2022, 1(4): 045102. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ac9cf7

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Ruijia Liu, Na Li, Enyue Zhao, Jinkui Zhao, Lingxu Yang, Wenjun Wang, Huijun Liu, Chaoliu Zeng. Facile molten salt synthesis of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles for durable high-rate lithium-ion battery anodes[J]. Materials Futures, 2022, 1(4): 045102. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ac9cf7

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Ruijia Liu, Na Li, Enyue Zhao, Jinkui Zhao, Lingxu Yang, Wenjun Wang, Huijun Liu, Chaoliu Zeng. Facile molten salt synthesis of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles for durable high-rate lithium-ion battery anodes[J]. Materials Futures, 2022, 1(4): 045102. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ac9cf7

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Facile molten salt synthesis of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles for durable high-rate lithium-ion battery anodes

Materials Futures, Volume 1, Number 4

Received Date: 2022-09-22
Accepted Date: 2022-10-23
Publish Date: 2022-11-04

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doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ac9cf7

1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
2 Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
3 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
4 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China

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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51671204), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, China (No. 2019A1515110825).

Abstract

Abstract

Transition metal nitrides (TMNs), including titanium nitride (TiN), exhibit remarkable application prospects as anodes for durable high-rate lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Regrettably, the absence of simple synthesis methods restricts their further development. Herein, a facile and low-cost molten salt synthesis strategy was proposed to prepare carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles as an advanced anode material for LIBs with high rate capabilities. This nanosized TiN obtained is ∼5 nm in size and well-distributed onto carbon plates, which could release a reversible capacity of ∼381.5 mAh g⁻¹ at 0.1 A g⁻¹ after 250 cycles and ∼141.5 mAh g⁻¹ at 1.0 A g⁻¹ after 1000 cycles. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the conversion reaction between TiN and Li-ions happened during the electrochemical reaction process, resulting in the formation of Li₃N and Ti. This unique microstructure attributed from TiN nanoparticles anchored by carbon could support the structural volume during cycling. This work highlights the method superiority of TiN prepared via a molten salt synthesis strategy as an anode for LIBs with impressive rate performances.
- lithium-ion batteries,
- titanium nitride,
- anode,
- molten salt,
- nanoparticles

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