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The aluminum electrolysis spent cathode (SC) was treated by hydrothermal method and used as anode material for lithium-ion battery. The purified SC material shows excellent electrochemical performance. In order to understand the diffusion behavior of Li+ in the SC electrode, the diffusion coefficient of Li+ in the SC electrode was systematically analyzed by galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results show that the diffusion coefficient (\({D}_{{\text{Li}}^{+}}\)) of Li+ in SC electrode is calculated by CV is 2.2292 × 10−11 cm2 s−1, and the ranges calculated by GITT and EIS are 4.2286 × 10−13 − 2.9667 × 10−10 cm2 s−1, 4.05 × 10−13 − 3.87 × 10−12 cm2 s−1, respectively. SC electrode exhibits better Li+ diffusion kinetics compared to commercial graphite (CG). In addition, the full cell of LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2/SC also shows excellent cycle performance. After 80 cycles at 1 °C (1 °C = 172 mA g−1), the specific discharge capacity of LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2/SC full-cell can reach 94.7 mAh g−1, and the capacity retention can reach 98.13%. The fast lithium-ion diffusion rate and high discharge capacity provide a feasible direction for the high value utilization of aluminum electrolysis spent cathode.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52034011, 51974219), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province (2018JM5135). The authors would like to thank Shiyanjia Lab (www.shiyanjia.com) for the XRD and Raman analysis.
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Huang, W., Peng, J., Li, J. et al. Diffusion coefficient analysis of aluminum electrolysis spent cathode as anode material for lithium-ion battery. Ionics 28, 961–971 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04398-y
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