Abstract
Various high-performance anode and cathode materials, such as lithium carbonate, lithium titanate, cobalt oxides, silicon, graphite, germanium, and tin, have been widely investigated in an effort to enhance the energy density storage properties of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the structural manipulation of anode materials to improve the battery performance remains a challenging issue. In LIBs, optimization of the anode material is a key technology affecting not only the power density but also the lifetime of the device. Here, we introduce a novel method by which to obtain nanostructures for LIB anode application on various surfaces via nanotransfer printing (nTP) process. We used a spark plasma sintering (SPS) process to fabricate a sputter target made of Li2CO3, which is used as an anode material for LIBs. Using the nTP process, various Li2CO3 nanoscale patterns, such as line, wave, and dot patterns on a SiO2/Si substrate, were successfully obtained. Furthermore, we show highly ordered Li2CO3 nanostructures on a variety of substrates, such as Al, Al2O3, flexible PET, and 2-Hydroxylethyl Methacrylate (HEMA) contact lens substrates. It is expected that the approach demonstrated here can provide new pathway to generate many other designable structures of various LIB anode materials.
Highlights
IntroductionDue to the continuous increase in global energy demand
The development of various energy devices has attracted much attention from those who study energy harvesters [1,2,3,4], fuel cells [5,6], photovoltaics [7,8,9], and batteries [10,11]due to the continuous increase in global energy demand
We introduce a facile and useful nanotransfer printing (nTP) technique for effectively determining the nanostructures of the lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) anode materials on various substrates, such as metal, oxide, and polymer types
Summary
Due to the continuous increase in global energy demand. Among these devices, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are highly applicable to various future energy device systems, such as large-capacity electrochemical energy storage (ESS) systems [12,13] and electric vehicles (EVs) [14,15,16,17]. LIBs have been significantly considered as an important power source for energy systems given their explosive power. For these reasons, many research groups have consistently studied and reported engineering anode and cathode materials for LIB applications [18,19]. Fe2 O3 multi-shelled hollow sphere LIB anodes show a significantly high, stable capacity of 1702
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