{"title":"Strong Coordination Interaction in Amorphous Sn-Ti-Ethylene Glycol Compound for Stable Li-ion Storage","authors":"Yuqing Cai, Haigang Liu, Haoran Li, Qianzi Sun, Xiang Wang, Fangyuan Zhu, Ziquan Li, Jang-Kyo Kim, Zhen-Dong Huang","doi":"10.26599/emd.2023.9370013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26599/emd.2023.9370013","url":null,"abstract":"Sn has been considered among the most promising metallic anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) thanks to its high specific capacity. Herein, we report a novel amorphous tin-titanium-ethylene glycol (Sn-Ti-EG) bimetal organic compound as anode for LIBs. The Sn-Ti-EG electrode exhibits exceptional cyclic stability with high Li-ion storage capacities. Even after 700 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A g<sup>-1</sup>, the anode maintains a capacity of 345 mAh g<sup>-1</sup>. The unique bimetal organic structure of the Sn-Ti-EG anode and the strong coordination interaction between Sn/Ti and O within the framework effectively suppress the aggregation of Sn atoms, eliminating the usual pulverization of bulk Sn through volume expansion. Further, the Sn M-edge of X-ray absorption near edge structure spectra obtained from the soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy signifies the conversion of Sn<sup>2+</sup> ions to Sn<sup>0</sup> during the initial lithiation process, which is reversible to Sn<sup>2+</sup> upon de-lithiation. These findings manifest Sn being among the most active components that account for the excellent electrochemical performance of the Sn-Ti-EG electrode, while Ti has no practical contribution to the electrode’s capacity. The reversible formation of organic functional groups on the solid electrolyte interphase is also partly responsible for its cyclic stability.","PeriodicalId":124816,"journal":{"name":"Energy Materials and Devices","volume":"92 5-6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135714162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Welcome to <i>Energy Materials and Devices</i>","authors":"Feiyu Kang","doi":"10.26599/emd.2023.9370011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26599/emd.2023.9370011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":124816,"journal":{"name":"Energy Materials and Devices","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135656076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}