Tin-graphene tubes as anodes for lithium-ion batteries with high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities

Here the authors report a tin anode design by encapsulating tin nanoparticles in graphene tubes. The design exhibits high capacity, good rate performance and cycling stability. Pairing with NMC, the full cell delivers a volumetric energy density twice as high as that for the commercial cell.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Runwei Mo, Xinyi Tan, Fan Li, Ran Tao, Jinhui Xu, Dejia Kong, Zhiyong Wang, Bin Xu, Xiang Wang, Chongmin Wang, Jinlai Li, Yiting Peng, Yunfeng Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14859-z