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Fast Li-ion conductor additive toward high-rate lithium storage capacity for Li2ZnTi3O8 in lithium-ion batteries

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A novel strategy to improve the ionic conductivity of the Li2ZnTi3O8 (LZTO) anode is proposed by embedding exfoliation and exchange of Li+ montmorillonite (MMT) in LZTO particles. Li2ZnTi3O8 and montmorillonite (LZTO-MMT) composites are shown to induce not only a high concentration of Li+ in the interlamellar channel of MMT but also a reduction in the distance for Li+ migration to ensure fast and stable Li+ diffusion kinetics. Furthermore, the thus obtained LZTO and 6 wt% MMT (LZTO-6MMT), composed of fast Li+ conductor MMT, exhibits increased Li+ conductivities, excellent high-rate Li+ storage capacities, and significant improvement in cycle reversibility. The LZTO-6MMT electrode delivers 219.6 mAh g−1 at a current density of 1.0 A g−1 after 500 cycles and shows an excellent high-rate performance of 127.8 and 112.0 mAh g−1 over 2000 cycles at 5.0 and 10.0 A g−1, respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ex situ Raman spectrum analyses suggest that the chemical bonds and crystal structure remain stable after multiple Li+ intercalation/deintercalation processes. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the introduction of fast-ion conductor MMT into LZTO and its application to lithium-ion batteries.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51702081), special project for the cultivation of scientific and technological innovation ability of college and middle school students in Hebei Province (22E50121D and 22E50300D), and college students’ innovation and entrepreneurship training program in Hebei Province (S202210076026).

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    Haoqing Tang, Siying Zhao & Xiaotong Liu

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710119, People’s Republic of China

    Qiang Weng

  3. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Tao Liu & Zhiyuan Tang

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Haoqing Tang conceived and designed the study. Siying Zhao, Xiaotong Liu, and Tao Liu performed the experiments. Qiang Weng provided the physical characterization results. Haoqing Tang and Xiaotong Liu wrote the paper. Haoqing Tang and Zhiyuan Tang reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Tang, H., Zhao, S., Weng, Q. et al. Fast Li-ion conductor additive toward high-rate lithium storage capacity for Li2ZnTi3O8 in lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 29, 3001–3012 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05050-7

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