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Advanced LiTi2(PO4)3/C anode by incorporation of carbon nanotubes for aqueous lithium-ion batteries

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Inferior rate capability is a big challenge for LiTi2(PO4)3 anode for aqueous lithium-ion batteries. Herein, to address such issue, we synthesized a high-performance LiTi2(PO4)3/carbon/carbon nanotube (LTP/C/CNT) composite by virtue of high-quality carbon coating and incorporation of good conductive network. The as-prepared LTP/C/CNT composite exhibits excellent rate performance with discharge capacity of 80.1 and 59.1 mAh g−1 at 10 C and 20 C (based on the mass of anode, 1 C = 150 mA g−1), much larger than that of the LTP/C composite (53.4 mAh g−1 at 10 C, and 31.7 mAh g−1 at 20 C). LTP/C/CNT also demonstrates outstanding cycling stability with capacity retention of 83.3 % after 1000 cycles at 5 C, superior to LTP/C without incorporation of CNTs (60.1 %). As verified, the excellent electrochemical performance of the LTP/C/CNT composite is attributed to the enhanced electrical conductivity, rapid charge transfer, and Li-ion diffusion because of the incorporation of CNTs.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21301193), Youth Foundation of Education Department of Hebei Province (No. QN2016183), and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2015J01072).

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    Zhangxing He, Yifan Jiang, Dan Sun & Haiyan Wang

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He, Z., Jiang, Y., Sun, D. et al. Advanced LiTi2(PO4)3/C anode by incorporation of carbon nanotubes for aqueous lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 23, 575–583 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1828-5

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