Abstract
An anode composed of tin-core, graphitic-carbon-shell nanoparticles distributed on graphene nanosheets, Sn@C-GNs, is studied during the lithiation process. 7Li NMR provides an accurate measure of the stepwise reduction of metallic Sn to lithium–tin alloys and reduction of the graphitic carbon. The metallic nanoparticle cores are observed to form ordered, crystalline phases at each step of the lithiation process. The 7Li 2D experiments presented provide insight into the proximity of the various phases, reflecting the mechanism of the electrochemical reaction. In particular, a sequential model of nanoparticle lithiation, rather than a simultaneous process, is suggested. Movement of lithium ions between two elements of the nanostructured Sn@C-GNs material, the metallic core and carbon shell, is also observed. Conventional 13C solid-state NMR, SSNMR, experiments on <5 mg of active material from electrochemical cells were found to be impossible, but signal enhancements (up to 18-fold) via the use of extended e...
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