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Molybdenum oxide nanoporous asymmetric membranes for high-capacity lithium ion battery anode

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The cycling performance of high-capacity lithium ion battery anodes can be significantly improved by adopting 3D nanoporous structures that can efficiently accommodate large volume changes during lithiation and de-lithiation. In this study, various molybdenum oxide nanoporous asymmetric membranes were fabricated on a large scale via a spontaneous non-solvent-induced phase separation process. We explored the effects of polymer precursor, membrane geometry, and annealing condition on the porosity, composition, and electrochemical properties of the membranes as lithium ion battery anodes. We demonstrate that 97% initial capacity of MoO2 planar asymmetric membrane electrode can be retained in 165 cycles at 120 mA g−1. 74% initial capacity can be maintained while the current density is increased from 60 to 480 mA g−1. This efficient and scalable process to prepare molybdenum oxide-based LIB anode provides another alternative to enhance the electrochemical performance of transition metal oxide anodes at a relatively low fabrication cost.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (NSF CBET Award #1800619). XPS was performed in the Nebraska Nanoscale Facility: National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience (and/or NERCF), which are supported by the National Science Foundation under Award ECCS: 2025298, and the Nebraska Research Initiative. This research also used resources at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory, which is a U.S. DOE Office of Science Facility under contract DE-SC0012704. J.W. and J. D. also want to acknowledge the generous infrastructural support provided by Georgia Southern University and GSU COUR award.

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NSF CBET Award #1800619; NSF ECCS Award #2025298; U.S. DOE Office of Science Facility under contract DE-SC0012704.; Georgia Southern University COUR Award.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, 250 Forest Drive, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA

    Emilee Larson, Logan Williams, Jake DiCesare, Olivia Sheppard & Ji Wu

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 362Q Whittier, 2200 Vine St., Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA

    Congrui Jin

  3. Materials Science and Engineering Program, Binghamton University, New York, NY, 13902, USA

    Xiaobo Chen

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, 1100 Statesboro Pl Cir, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA

    Shaowen Xu

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E.L., L.W., C.J., and X.C. carried out the experiments and participated in scientific discussion and manuscript preparation as well. J.D., O.S., and S.X. performed the experiments. J.W. came up with the research hypothesis, designed the experiments, managed the project, and drafted the manuscript.

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Larson, E., Williams, L., Jin, C. et al. Molybdenum oxide nanoporous asymmetric membranes for high-capacity lithium ion battery anode. Journal of Materials Research 37, 2204–2215 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00347-7

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