Dealloyed nanoporous materials for rechargeable lithium batteries

Xuan Wu; Guang He; Yi Ding

doi:10.1007/s41918-020-00070-7

Electrochemical Energy Reviews ›› 2020, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3) : 541 -580. DOI: 10.1007/s41918-020-00070-7

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Dealloyed nanoporous materials for rechargeable lithium batteries

Xuan Wu ¹^,²
, Guang He ¹
, Yi Ding ¹^,^c

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¹Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, 300384, Tianjin, China

²State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicines, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China

^c yding@tjut.edu.cn

Xuan Wu

received his M.S. in the China University of Mining and Technology in 2018 and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Macau University of Science and Technology with joint training at the Tianjin University of Technology. Xuan Wu’s research is focused on the synthesis of novel nanostructured materials for alkali-metal batteries.

Guang He

received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Waterloo and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Waterloo in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Currently, Dr. He is a professor at the Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, and his research is focused on novel materials and designs for electrochemical energy systems.

Yi Ding

received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China and his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ding is currently a distinguished professor at the Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology and his research is focused on the design and processing of dealloyed nanoporous metals for green catalysis and advanced energy technologies. Dr. Ding has also been granted 40 patents and published 120 journal articles with a total citation of over 13000 times and an H-index of 62.

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Dealloying has been recognized as a universal strategy to fabricate various functional electrode materials with open networks, nanoscale ligaments, tunable pore sizes and rich surface chemistry, all of which are very attractive characteristics for rechargeable lithium batteries. In particular, lithium ion insertion/extraction in metal anodes is naturally associated with the alloying/dealloying mechanism. The past decade has witnessed rapid growth of this research field with enormous progress. In this review article, we first summarize the recent development and microstructural regulation of dealloyed materials. Next, we focus on the rational design of nanoporous electrodes for rechargeable lithium batteries and related structure-performance correlations. Finally, some critical issues and perspectives are presented to guide the future development directions of such promising technology for high-energy batteries.

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This review systematically summarizes the recent progress of dealloyed nanoporous materials and their application in rechargeable lithium batteries.

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Xuan Wu, Guang He, Yi Ding. Dealloyed nanoporous materials for rechargeable lithium batteries. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2020, 3(3): 541-580 DOI:10.1007/s41918-020-00070-7