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Recent Advances on Electrospun Nanofiber Materials for Post-lithium Ion Batteries

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Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) have dominated the portable electric market over decades; however, the limited and unevenly distributed lithium resources induce concerns on their future large-scale applications. Increasing efforts have been endeavored on exploring post-Li ion batteries, such as Na-ion, K-ion, Al-ion and Mg-ion batteries, due to the high abundance of the corresponding elements in Earth crust. Manufacturing reliable electrode materials is the key to develop these new battery systems. Facile and scalable electrospinning has been widely utilized in preparing mechanically stable, flexible and conductive nanofiber electrodes as successfully proven in LIBs. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been devoted to electrospinning nanofiber electrodes for post-Li ion batteries and discernible progress in the electrochemical performance has been witnessed. Herein, we aim to review the-state-of-the-art advances made in electrospun nanofiber materials in optimizing post-Li ion battery technology by surveying the correlations among the morphology, the surface chemistry, the structure of electrospun nanofibers, and the post-Li ion batteries performance. Based on intensive investigations and insightful understandings, perspectives to the future design of electrospun nanofiber electrodes are also presented.

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Copyright 2016, the Royal Society of Chemistry. c Schematic illustration of the process to prepare porous carbon nanofiber/sulfur cathode; galvanostatic charge/discharge profiles and reversible capacity vs. current density [33]. Copyright 2011, The Royal Society of Chemistry

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Copyright 2017, WILEY–VCH. c Schematic illustration of the preparation processes of the carbon nanotubes @carbon nanofibers-sulfur cathode, d, e electrochemical performance of cathode [15]. Copyright 2014, The Royal Society of Chemistry

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Copyright 2018, Elsevier. b, c, d TEM images of porous carbon nanofibers/sulfur/black phosphorus quantum dots during lithiation. e cyclic capacities at 0.1C for 200 cycles and f rate capacities from 0.1C to 4C for of porous carbon nanofiber/sulfur and porous carbon nanofiber/sulfur/ phosphorus quantum dots electrodes [46]. Copyright 2018, Springer Nature

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Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society

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Copyright 2018, WILEY–VCH. c Schematic configuration of rGO-PAN/MOF-PAN separator, d the electrochemistry performance of LSBs with PP and MOF-PAN/rGO-PAN separators [73]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier

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Copyright 2014, American Chemical Society. b Element composition of carbon nanofibers at different carbonization temperatures. c electrochemistry of carbon nanofibers anodes annealed at different temperatures [86]. Copyright 2016, WILEY–VCH

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Copyright 2020, Elsevier. c SEM image of MoS2 @CNFs and d cyclic capacities and Coulombic efficiencies of MoS2@CNFs anodes in SIBs at 1 A g−1 [81]. Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society. e, g Cycle and rate performance of FeOx/CNF anodes in SIBs [32]. Copyright 2017, Elsevier

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Copyright 2019, WILEY–VCH. d Schematic illustration of NaVPO4F/carbon nanofibers and e cycle performance of NaTi2(PO4)3 (anode)//NaVPO4F/C (cathode) full battery [96]. Copyright 2017, WILEY–VCH

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Copyright 2019, the Royal Society of Chemistry b K0.7Fe0.5Mn0.5O2 nanowires 3D network and the electrochemical performance in KIBs [118]. Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society

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Shi, F., Chen, C. & Xu, ZL. Recent Advances on Electrospun Nanofiber Materials for Post-lithium Ion Batteries. Adv. Fiber Mater. 3, 275–301 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42765-021-00070-2

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