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Dense integration of graphene paper positive electrode materials for aluminum-ion battery

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Although Al-ion battery is attracting researchers’ attention worldwide, its volumetric energy density was not so promising due to low density of graphite-based positive electrodes in the current published literatures. Thus, defect-free yet densely packed graphene electrodes with high electronic conductivity and fast ionic diffusion are crucial to the realization of compacted Al-ion batteries with high volumetric energy density. In the present work, a self-supported and defect-free graphene-positive electrode (RHG-P-2850) was successfully produced by a hydriodic acid reduction of the graphene oxide (GO) method, followed by an ultrahigh temperature (2850 °C) annealing treatment. The density of the RHG-P-2850 (0.32 g cm−3) is currently the highest positive electrode material in the preparation of graphene-positive electrodes from GO. RHG-P-2850 positive electrode enables to deliver considerably high specific capacity 27.1 mAh cm−3 (85 mAh g−1) at the current density 2 A g−1. More importantly, a remarkably stable performance was achieved with 20% fading over 8000 cycles. The results enlighten and promote the design and preparation of densely packed graphene-positive electrode to develop high-performance Al/graphene battery.

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This work was supported by Jiangsu University (5501670001); the Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (18KJB430010); and the Dual Creative Doctoral Project of Jiangsu Province.

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  1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410000, People’s Republic of China

    Jia Qiao, Juan Du & Jianhong Yang

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212000, People’s Republic of China

    Haitao Zhou, Zhongsheng Liu, Hejing Wen, Guokang Wei & Jianhong Yang

  3. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People’s Republic of China

    Changlei He

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Qiao, J., Zhou, H., Liu, Z. et al. Dense integration of graphene paper positive electrode materials for aluminum-ion battery. Ionics 26, 245–254 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03170-7

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