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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Anodically fabricated TiO2–SnO2 nanotubes and their application in lithium ion batteries

Madian, M., Klose, M., Jaumann, Tony, Gebert, Annett, Oswald, S., Ismail, N., Eychmüller, Alexander, Eckert, Jürgen, Giebeler, L. 17 July 2017 (has links) (PDF)
Developing novel electrode materials is a substantial issue to improve the performance of lithium ion batteries. In the present study, single phase Ti–Sn alloys with different Sn contents of 1 to 10 at% were used to fabricate Ti–Sn–O nanotubes via a straight-forward anodic oxidation step in an ethylene glycol-based solution containing NH4F. Various characterization tools such as SEM, EDXS, TEM, XPS and Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize the grown nanotube films. Our results reveal the successful formation of mixed TiO2/SnO2 nanotubes in the applied voltage range of 10–40 V. The as-formed nanotubes are amorphous and their dimensions are precisely controlled by tuning the formation voltage which turns Ti–Sn–O nanotubes into highly attractive materials for various applications. As an example, the Ti–Sn–O nanotubes offer promising properties as anode materials in lithium ion batteries. The electrochemical performance of the grown nanotubes was evaluated against a Li/Li+ electrode at a current density of 504 μA cm−2. The results demonstrate that TiO2/SnO2 nanotubes prepared at 40 V on a TiSn1 alloy substrate display an average 1.4 fold increase in areal capacity with excellent cycling stability over more than 400 cycles compared to the pure TiO2 nanotubes fabricated and tested under identical conditions. This electrode was tested at current densities of 50, 100, 252, 504 and 1008 μA cm−2 exhibiting average capacities of 780, 660, 490, and 405 μA cm−2 (i.e. 410, 345, 305 and 212 mA h g−1), respectively. The remarkably improved electrochemical performance is attributed to enhanced lithium ion diffusion which originates from the presence of SnO2 nanotubes and the high surface area of the mixed oxide tubes. The TiO2/SnO2 electrodes retain their original tubular structure after electrochemical cycling with only slight changes in their morphology.
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Anodically fabricated TiO2–SnO2 nanotubes and their application in lithium ion batteries

Madian, M., Klose, M., Jaumann, Tony, Gebert, Annett, Oswald, S., Ismail, N., Eychmüller, Alexander, Eckert, Jürgen, Giebeler, L. 17 July 2017 (has links)
Developing novel electrode materials is a substantial issue to improve the performance of lithium ion batteries. In the present study, single phase Ti–Sn alloys with different Sn contents of 1 to 10 at% were used to fabricate Ti–Sn–O nanotubes via a straight-forward anodic oxidation step in an ethylene glycol-based solution containing NH4F. Various characterization tools such as SEM, EDXS, TEM, XPS and Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize the grown nanotube films. Our results reveal the successful formation of mixed TiO2/SnO2 nanotubes in the applied voltage range of 10–40 V. The as-formed nanotubes are amorphous and their dimensions are precisely controlled by tuning the formation voltage which turns Ti–Sn–O nanotubes into highly attractive materials for various applications. As an example, the Ti–Sn–O nanotubes offer promising properties as anode materials in lithium ion batteries. The electrochemical performance of the grown nanotubes was evaluated against a Li/Li+ electrode at a current density of 504 μA cm−2. The results demonstrate that TiO2/SnO2 nanotubes prepared at 40 V on a TiSn1 alloy substrate display an average 1.4 fold increase in areal capacity with excellent cycling stability over more than 400 cycles compared to the pure TiO2 nanotubes fabricated and tested under identical conditions. This electrode was tested at current densities of 50, 100, 252, 504 and 1008 μA cm−2 exhibiting average capacities of 780, 660, 490, and 405 μA cm−2 (i.e. 410, 345, 305 and 212 mA h g−1), respectively. The remarkably improved electrochemical performance is attributed to enhanced lithium ion diffusion which originates from the presence of SnO2 nanotubes and the high surface area of the mixed oxide tubes. The TiO2/SnO2 electrodes retain their original tubular structure after electrochemical cycling with only slight changes in their morphology.
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Layered transition metal sulfide- based negative electrode materials for lithium and sodium ion batteries and their mechanistic studies

Gao, Suning 21 September 2020 (has links)
The environmental concerns over the use of fossil fuels, and their resource constraints, as well as energy security concerns, have spurred great interest in generating electric energy from renewable sources. Solar and wind energy are abundant and potentially readily available. However, the generation of sustainable energies is generally intermittent and these energies have geographical limits which are relative to current large-scale energy generation facilities. To smooth out the intermittency of renewable energy production, low-cost electrical energy storage (EES) devices are becoming highly necessary. Among these EES technologies, lithium ion batteries are one of the most promising EES devices in terms of the characteristics of high gravimetric, volumetric energy density and environmentally friendly compared to lead-acid batteries and Ni-Cd batteries. Other advantages of Li-ion batteries are the ability of being recharged hundreds of times and high stability. Moreover, the dramatically growing market share of hybrid electrical and electrical vehicles in automobiles has motivated the development of high energy and power density LIBs with high mass loading. However, there are still several remaining challenges in LIBs for their further application in grid-scale ESSs. One of the global issues to date is the high costs including the cost of raw materials such as lithium and cobalt, production, machining, and transportation, etc. In addition, the increasing energy demand thereby leads to the pressures on the resource supply chains and thus increasing the cost of LIBs. Therefore, it is urgent to find a complementary or alternative EES device in a short term to satisfy the growing energy demand. Under the background of fast development of LIBs technology as well as the establishment of Li chemistry fundamentals in the last 40 years, rechargeable battery systems utilizing Na element have been extensively studied to develop less expensive and more sustainable ESSs. The sodium resource is abundantly existed in the planet. According to the periodic table, sodium is the most possible alternative to lithium, because it has the similar chemical and physical properties towards to lithium. As a consequence, the established fundamentals in LIBs can be reasonably analogized to SIBs. Moreover, Sodium is readily available from various sources-foods that contain sodium naturally, foods containing salt and other sodium-containing ingredients. Therefore, The study of SIBs technology and sodium chemistry are gaining increasing interests and attentions both in the scientific researchers and battery industry. However, theoretically speaking, the energy density of SIBs is lower than that of LIBs by using same electrode materials because sodium is more than 3 times heavier than Li as well as the standard electrode potential of Na (-2.71 V) is higher than Li (-3.04 V). Therefore, SIBs are not thought as an ideal candidate to substitute LIBs in the fields of small or middle-size portable devices, but are more favorable in a large grid support where the operation cost is the primary choice. Negative electrode is important component in a single cell. Exploring negative electrode materials with high electrochemical performance in LIBs and SIBs is indeed required for fulfilling the spreading energy demand. Among various negative electrode materials, layered transition metal sulfides (MSs) are reckoned as a promising class with high theoretical specific capacity and power capability due to their intrinsically layered structure which is beneficial to the diffusion of Li+ and Na+ . However, layered transition metal sulfides are suffering from intrinsically poor electrical conductivity, volume changes, high irreversibility and sluggish kinetics during Li+ /Na+ storage process. To address these issues, numerous strategies are applied to explore high performance LIBs and SIBs negative electrode materials in this PHD thesis. / Die ökologischen Bedenken hinsichtlich der Nutzung fossiler Brennstoffe und deren Ressourcenbeschränkungen sowie Bedenken hinsichtlich der Energiesicherheit haben großes Interesse an der Erzeugung elektrischer Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen geweckt. Sonnen- und Windenergie sind im Überfluss vorhanden und potenziell leicht verfügbar. Die Erzeugung nachhaltiger Energien ist jedoch in der Regel intermittierend, und diese Energien haben geographische Grenzen, die im Vergleich zu den derzeitigen großen Energieerzeugungsanlagen relativ begrenzt sind. Um die Unterbrechungen in der Produktion erneuerbarer Energien auszugleichen, werden kostengünstige elektrische Energiespeicher (EES) dringend notwendig. Unter diesen EES-Technologien sind Lithium-Ionen-Batterien eines der vielversprechendsten EES-Geräte hinsichtlich der Eigenschaften einer hohen gravimetrischen, volumetrischen Energiedichte und umweltfreundlich im Vergleich zu Blei-Säure-Batterien und Ni-Cd-Batterien. Weitere Vorteile von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien sind die Fähigkeit, hunderte Male wieder aufgeladen werden zu können, und die hohe Stabilität. Darüber hinaus hat der dramatisch wachsende Marktanteil von Hybrid- und Elektrofahrzeugen in Automobilen die Entwicklung von LIBs mit hoher Energie- und Leistungsdichte und hoher Massenbelastung motiviert. Es gibt jedoch noch einige Herausforderungen in den LIBs, die für die weitere Anwendung in den ESSs im Rastermaßstab erforderlich sind. Eine der bisherigen globalen Fragen sind die Gesamtkosten einschließlich der Kosten für Rohstoffe wie Lithium und Kobalt, Produktion, Bearbeitung und Transport usw. Darüber hinaus führt die steigende Energienachfrage dadurch zu einem Druck auf die Ressourcenversorgungsketten und damit zu einer Verteuerung der LIBs. Daher ist es dringend erforderlich, kurzfristig eine ergänzende und alternative EES-Technologie zu finden, um den wachsenden Energiebedarf zu decken. Vor dem Hintergrund der schnellen Entwicklung der LIBs-Technologie sowie der Etablierung der Grundlagen der Li-Chemie in den letzten 40 Jahren wurden wiederaufladbare Batteriesysteme, die das Na-Element verwenden, umfassend untersucht, um kostengünstigere und nachhaltigere ESSs zu entwickeln. Die Natriumressource ist auf der Erde im Überfluss vorhanden. Nach dem Periodensystem ist Natrium die möglichste Alternative, da es die ähnlichen chemischen und physikalischen Eigenschaften von Lithium hat. Folglich lassen sich die etablierten Grundlagen der LIBs in vernünftiger Weise mit denen der SIBs vergleichen. Darüber hinaus ist Natrium aus verschiedenen Quellen leicht erhältlich - aus Lebensmitteln, die von Natur aus Natrium enthalten, aus Lebensmitteln, die Salz und andere natriumhaltige Zutaten enthalten. Daher gewinnt das Studium der SIBs-Technologie und Natriumchemie sowohl in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung als auch in der Batterieindustrie zunehmend an Interesse und Aufmerksamkeit. Theoretisch gesehen ist jedoch die Energiedichte von SIBs bei Verwendung der gleichen Elektrodenmaterialien niedriger als die von LIBs, da Natrium mehr als dreimal schwerer als Li ist und das Standardelektrodenpotential von Na (-2,71 V) höher als Li (-3,04 V) ist. Daher werden SIBs nicht als idealer Kandidat für den Ersatz von LIBs im Bereich kleiner oder mittelgroßer tragbarer Geräte angesehen, sondern sie sind günstiger bei einer großen Netzunterstützung, bei der die Betriebskosten die primäre Wahl sind. Die negative Elektrode ist ein notwendiger und wichtiger Teil in einer einzelnen Zelle. In der Tat ist es zur Erfüllung des sich ausbreitenden Energiebedarfs erforderlich, negative Elektroden-Materialien mit hoher elektrochemischer Leistung in LIBs und SIBs zu untersuchen. Unter den verschiedenen Materialien für negative Elektroden gelten geschichtete Übergangsmetallsulfide (MS) als eine vielversprechende Klasse mit hoher theoretischer spezifischer Kapazität und Leistungskapazität aufgrund ihrer intrinsisch geschichteten Struktur, die der Diffusion von Li+ und Na+ förderlich ist. Allerdings leiden schichtförmige Übergangsmetallsulfide unter inhärent schlechter elektrischer Leitfähigkeit, Volumenänderungen, hoher Irreversibilität und träger Kinetik während des Li+ /Na+ -Speicherprozesses. Um diese Probleme anzugehen, werden in dieser Doktorarbeit zahlreiche Strategien zur Untersuchung von Hochleistungs-LIBs und SIBs für negative Elektrodenmaterialien angewandt.

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