Citation: | Ruijia Liu, Na Li, Enyue Zhao, Jinkui Zhao, Lingxu Yang, Wenjun Wang, Huijun Liu, Chaoliu Zeng. Facile molten salt synthesis of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles for durable high-rate lithium-ion battery anodes[J]. Materials Futures, 2022, 1(4): 045102. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5724/ac9cf7 |
Due to advantages of high energy density, excellent cycling stability, and environmental friendliness, rechargeable LIBs have attracted remarkable attention in energy storage fields, including electric vehicles and portable electronic devices [1-3]. However, the rapid development of fast-charging LIBs still remains challenging owing to the absence of suitable anode materials. Restricted by the low theoretical capacity (372 mAh g-1) and poor high-rate capacities, commercial graphite anode cannot well satisfy the requirements of fast-charging LIBs [4]. Therefore, it is of far-reaching significance to develop and explore diverse novel anode materials for high-performance LIBs with exceptional rate properties.
For the exploration of durable high-rate LIB anodes, a variety of electrode materials involving transition metal oxides (TMOs), sulfides, MXenes, and lithium alloys has been studied extensively. Yan et al have prepared 3D hollow porous V2O5 microspheres by a one-step template-free solvothermal-based method [5]. The obtained V2O5 can release a capacity of 416 mAh g-1 after 200 cycles at a current density of 0.5 A g-1. To further enhance the capacities of TMOs, carbon-coated yolk-shell V2O3 microspheres were synthesized via a template-free polyol solvothermal technique, and delivered a discharge capacity of 437.5 mAh g-1 after 100 cycles at 0.1 A g-1 [6]. For the transition metal sulfides, MoS2 synthesized by a hydrothermal method could also show remarkable rate properties, with a reversible capacity of 300 mAh g-1 at 1.0 A g-1 after 100 cycles [7]. Meanwhile, novel two-dimensional layered MXenes were applied as high-performance anodes for LIBs. Ti3C2 and V4C3 prepared by etching Ti3AlC2 and V4AlC3 precursors in aqueous HF solutions exhibited discharge capacities of 150 mAh g-1 at 0.5 C and 130.9 mAh g-1 at 1.0 C, respectively [8, 9]. In terms of lithium alloys, aluminum-lithium (Al-Li) alloy is also considered as a stable and reversible anode for high-rate LIBs [10]. When coupled with LiFePO4 cathode to assemble a full cell, it can release 154.6 mAh·g-1 at 0.5 C. Although substantial endeavors have been dedicated to the exploitation of high-rate anode materials for LIBs, these aforementioned synthesis methods above have turned out to be either operation-complex or expensive, which is not suitable for mass production and commercialization. Thus, a variety of exploration still needs to be committed into other new-type anode materials for durable high-rate LIB anodes.
Impressively, transition metal nitrides (TMNs) hold great promise as high-rate anodes for LIBs owing to their high electrical conductivities, excellent chemical and thermal stability, and strong redox abilities of TM elements, which could accommodate the strain variation at large current densities [11-13]. Until now, a broad series of TMNs have been developed and studied as potential anode materials for LIBs with excellent high-rate capabilities. VN hollow spheres were fabricated by a hydrothermal method and followed with the calcination process under ammonia atmosphere [14]. These VN hollow spheres can release a reversible capacity of 400 mAh g-1 at 1.0 A g-1. Based on a hydrothermal method followed by the annealing on a carbon fabric, Balogun et al have prepared nanowire-stuctured TiN [15]. A remarkable high-rate capacity of 455 mAh g-1 was maintained after 100 cycles at 0.335 A g-1 without capacity decay for these synthesized TiN nanowires. Synchronously, to further improve the rate capability, TiN was also designed or constructed with carbon materials to form high-conductivity composites. For instance, porous TiN/N-doped carbon composite was synthesized by a two-step pyrolysis of the mixture of melamine and titanium metal-organic framework under argon atmosphere [16], and showed a high-rate capacity of 281 mAh g-1 at 2.0 A g-1. Although great progress has been made with regard to the preparation and application of TMNs as high-rate anodes for LIBs, all the preparation techniques have also appeared to be high-cost, complicated, time-consuming or high-polluting, which cannot meet the requirements of scalable syntheses well. Thus, it is urgent and imperative to explore a low-cost, facile, and efficient synthesis strategy to prepare TMNs with prominent rate properties.
Herein, we report a simple and low-cost molten salt synthesis method to prepare carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles (TiN@C) which show excellent rate capabilities. As-obtained TiN@C could display a reversible discharge capacity of 381.5 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 250 cycles and 141.5 mAh g-1 at 1.0 A g-1 after 1000 cycles, respectively. Ex-situ x-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, and XPS measurements were used to systematically study the electrochemical reaction kinetics and Li-ions storage mechanisms of TiN@C. This work provides novel insights for the design of TMNs as durable high-rate anodes for LIBs.
Carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles (TiN@C) powders were prepared via a simple molten salt synthesis method. Ti (325 mesh, Beijing Xing Rong Yuan Technology Co., LTD) and melamine (C3H6N6) powders (Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., LTD) with a molar ratio of 1.30 were weighed and blended uniformly with eutectic (Li,K)Cl salts (Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd) in an alumina crucible. The mass ratio between salts and raw materials was about 10:1. Then the mixture was sintered at different reaction temperatures (500 C, 600 C, 700 C, 800 C, and 900 C) holding for 3 h under the flowing argon (Ar) atmosphere to synthesize TiN@C. After reaction, as-obtained samples were washed by deionized water to remove residual salts thoroughly. The final TiN@C powders were obtained after being dried at 120 C overnight.
Field emission scanning electron microscope (Gemini 300) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM, JEOL F200) coupled with selected area electron diffraction (SAED) were applied to study the morphologies and microstructures of TiN@C. The crystal structure of TiN@C was detected by XRD (Rigku miniflex 600) equipped with Cu-K
CR2025 coin-type batteries were assembled inside an Ar-filled glove box (Mikrouna) using metallic Li sheets as counter electrodes, Celgard 2325 porous polypropylene as separator, 1 mol l-1 LiPF6 dissolved in EC/EMC/DEC (volume ratio: 1:1:1) as electrolyte, and TiN@C electrodes as working electrodes, respectively. The ratio of electrolyte to electrode is 50-60
Galvanostatic charge-discharge and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) measurements were conducted by a Land CT3001A cell tester in the potential range of 0.01-3.0 V to 0.1-3.0 A g-1. Cyclic Voltammetries (CV) at 0.2-10 mV s-1 in the potential range of 0.01-3.0 V and electrochemical impedance spectroscopies (EIS) data with a frequency ranging from 105 to 10-2 Hz were collected by an electrochemical workstation (CHI760e, Shanghai CH Instrument Company).
TiN@C samples were synthesized by a simple molten salt synthesis method; a detailed schematic diagram of the preparation process is presented in figure 12Ti(II)+g-C3N4=4TiN+8Ti(III)+3C 2Ti(III)+Ti=3Ti(II). |
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Figure 2(a) shows the XRD patterns of TiN@C heated at 500 C, 600 C, 700 C, 800 C, and 900 C holding for 3 h in molten (Li,K)Cl salts under Ar atomosphere, named as TiN@C-500, TiN@C-600, TiN@C-700, TiN@C-800, and TiN@C-900, respectively. All the main diffraction peaks are well indexed to TiN with Fm-3 m space group (PDF#38-1420). There are some residual g-C3N4 impurities in samples sintered at 500 C-700 C, possibly related to its incomplete decomposition during the synthesis process. Meanwhile, compared with samples prepared at 700 C-900 C, TiN@C-500 and TiN@C-600 show poorer crystallinity, which is probably related to the lower sintering temperatures. As shown in figure 2(b), the XRD Rietveld refinement result illustrates the excellent crystallinity of TiN@C-700. The schematic diagram of TiN in the figure 2(c) exhibits the large interstices between Ti and N atoms, which could accommodate the fast Li-ions migration and promote the electrochemical reaction. Figure 2 displays the XPS full spectrum of TiN@C-700, confirming the presence of Ti, C, N, and O elements. Existence of O element may be attributed to the surface oxygen adsorption at air or/and slight oxidization of TiN during the synthesis process in liquid molten salt environment. As shown in figure 2(d), three pairs of fitting peaks appeared at 464.6 and 458.6 eV, 463.1 and 456.95 eV, 461.5 and 455.3 eV in Ti2p 1/2 and Ti2p 3/2 spectra, corresponding to Ti-O, Ti-N-O, and Ti-N bonds, respectively [15]. Four fitting peaks at 400.05, 398.4, 397.05, and 396.0 eV in N1s spectrum (figure 2(e)) are assigned to N-O, C-N, Ti-N-O, and N-Ti bonds, respectively [16]. It is also evident to observe three fitting peaks at 288.5, 285.9, and 284.5 eV in C 1s spectrum (figure 2(f)), indexed to C-O, C-N, and C-C (C=C) bonds, respectively [16]. These aforementioned results also clearly verified the formation of TiN@C. The SEM image of TiN@C-700 (figure 3) shows that well-distributed TiN nanoparticles were coated onto plate-like carbon, leading to a high electrical conductivity. TEM image in figure 2(g) further suggests the uniform distribution of spherical TiN nanoparticles anchored onto carbon, with an average particle size of 5 nm observed. The presence of plate-like carbon is possibly derived from the remanent amorphous carbon after the decomposition of melamine at a high temperature. HRTEM image in figure 2(h) also exhibits the microstructure of nanosized TiN interconnected by amorphous carbon. Clear lattice distances of 0.2145 and 0.2448 nm are assigned to (200) and (111) crystallographic planes of TiN (figure 2(h)). SAED in figure 2(i) further confirms the cubic microstructure of TiN. EDS mapping images (figure 2(j)) manifest that Ti, N, and C elements were distributed uniformly in TiN@C.
Electrochemical performances of TiN@C were evaluated by Li-ions half cells in the potential range of 0.01-3.0 V at room temperature. Figure 3(a) displays the initial CV curves of TiN@C obtained at 600 C-800 C at 0.2 mV s-1. It is notable that TiN@C-700 exhibits the largest curve integral area compared to that of TiN@C-600 and TiN@C-800, suggesting the highest capacities. An irreversible cathodic peak appeared at approximately 0.60 V during the first discharging process, which is probably assigned to the formation of solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film and irreversible chemical reactions between titanium oxides on TiN surface and electrolyte [20]. CV profiles of TiN@C-700 are overlapped well, manifesting a high electrochemical reversibility of TiN@C-700 (figure 4). Figure 3(b) exhibits the rate properties of TiN@C-600, TiN@C-700, and TiN@C-800 at 0.1-3.0 A g-1. Notably, TiN@C-700 displayed more highlighted discharge capacities than that of TiN@C-600 and TiN@C-800, with a reversible discharge capacity of 343.4, 285.3, 217.8, 198.4, 160.7, and 121.2 mAh g-1 obtained at 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 A g-1, respectively. The impressive capacities of TiN@C-700 than that of TiN@C-800 may be attributed to its lower synthesis temperature, with larger specific surface areas and more achieved electroactive sites. The high specific surface areas could promote and advance the electrochemical reaction of TiN with Li-ions during the charge-discharge process. Meanwhile, to some extent, the residual g-C3N4 could also enhance the structure stability and prevent the agglomeration of TiN nanoparticles during cycling [21]. The poorer crystallinity of TiN@C-600 is possibly the main reason that results in the lower capacities compared to TiN@C-700. When the current density returns to 0.1 A g-1, the reversible capacity of TiN@C-700 can recover its initial value of 349.6 mAh g-1, indicating its excellent structural reversibility. The initial discharge and charge capacities of TiN@C-700 are 754.3 and 356.5 mAh g-1, respectively, with a coulombic efficiency (CE) of 47.3 %. Such a low CE may be correlated with the formation of incomplete SEI film on the TiN@C surface during the first cycling process, which is relevant to the microstructure of nanosized TiN anchored onto carbon. This behavior is also consistent with the CV curves shown in figure 3(a). After the initial several cycles, CE of TiN@C maintains 100 %, clarifying the enhanced electrolyte filtration accompanied by the gradually stable growth of SEI film. Additionally, such an impressive rate capability of TiN@C-700 is possibly attributed to the uniform distribution of TiN nanoparticles with abundant electrochemical sites exposed for Li-ions storage. From the first charge-discharge curves of TiN@C-700 at 0.1-3.0 A g-1 in figure 3(c), it is notable that more than 70% discharge capacities were shown below 0.80 V, further illustrating that TiN@C is a representative anode material for LIBs.
To further investigate the cyclabilities of TiN@C-700, cycling properties were tested at 0.1 and 1.0 A g-1 (figures 3(d) and (e)). It is worth noting that TiN@C-700 released a capacity of 381.5 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 250 cycles without capacity decay. For the initial 10 cycles, the discharge capacity of TiN@C decreases gradually, possibly associated with the formation and gradual growth of the stable SEI film. Interestingly, there is a clear upward trend for reversible capacities of TiN@C in the subsequent cycles. This result may be related to the constant activation and enhanced electrolyte filtration for TiN nanopartciles during cycling, accompanied by the exposure of substantial new electroactive sites [22]. Moreover, with the continuous cycling, the drastically enhanced charge transfer kinetics in nanosized TiN would enable new electrochemical reactions which does not exist in bulk materials, and the effect of nanocrystallization after the long-term cycling at 0.1 A g-1 could also improve the specific surface areas of active materials, resulting in the participation in charge transfer of inactive domains [23]. Simultaneously, the domain size of active materials could be reduced during cycling at 0.1 A g-1, leading to the generation of new electroactive sites. As depicted in figure 3(e), TiN@C-700 showed a reversible capacity of 141.5 mAh g-1 at 1.0 A g-1 after 1000 cycles, with the capacity retention of 76% obtained. This result also demonstrates the outstanding long-term cycling stability of TiN@C at large current densities. Such a remarkable cycling stability of TiN@C may mainly originate from the robust structural support of carbon towards TiN nanoparticles, which is conducive to improve the overall electrical conductivity and structural durability. It is beneficial to promoting the electrons and Li-ions migration in nanosized TiN, contributing to a rapid electrochemical reaction kinetics. Furthermore, the prominent structural stability of TiN@C could not only accommodate the strain variation, but restrain the aggregation and pulverization of nanosized TiN during cycling. Furthermore, to some extent, the existence of g-C3N4 support could further prevent the agglomeration and/or structural collapse and/or volume variation of TiN during cycling, with the superior rate and cycling capabilities achieved for TiN@C-700. SEM and TEM images in figure S5 also show the intact preservation of nanosized TiN with excellent crystallinity after 1000 cycles at 1.0 A g-1, further suggesting the good structural stability and reversibility.
To study the electrochemical reaction kinetics, CV curves of TiN@C-700 at 0.2-1.0 mV s-1 were tested and are shown in figure where where where |
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Ex-situ XRD, Raman, and XPS measurements were carried out to study the structural evolution and Li-ions storage mechanism of TiN@C. Figures 5(a) and (b) exhibit ex-situ XRD patterns and corresponding selected voltage distribution of TiN@C-700 during the Li-ions insertion/extraction process. With the decline of lithiation voltage to 1.50 and 0.90 V, it is clear that the main phases of TiN@C are still TiN. However, as the discharge voltage was further decreased to 0.45 and 0.01 V, two new phases of Li3N and titanium oxides have appeared in TiN@C-700, except with more contents obtained at 0.01 V. These results illustrated that the electrochemical conversion reaction between TiN and Li-ions have occurred below 0.90 V during the charge-discharge process, leading to the formation of Li3N and amorphous Ti. The SAED pattern and HRTEM image in figure S6 further proved the generation of Ti and Li3N at the discharge voltage of 0.01 V. The detailed schematic illustration of the chemical conversion reaction of TiN into Ti and Li3N is shown in the figure 5(b) inset. However, amorphous Ti under an unstable state could be oxidized easily at room temperature, resulting in the detection of titanium oxides. After charged to 3.0 V again, the sole TiN phases were detected distinctively, further demonstrating the excellent reversibility of the electrochemical conversion reaction.
Figure 5 c shows the Raman spectra of TiN@C-700 during the Li-ions insertion and extraction process at 0.01-3.0 V. It is interesting to observe two representative peaks at 1345 and 1590 cm-1, corresponding to D and G bands of residual carbon in TiN@C samples, respectively. It is known that the position, intensity, and shape of D and G bands are strongly affected by the uptake and adsorption of Li-ions into the carbon-based host [30]. However, during the whole lithiation/delithiation process at 0.01-3.0 V, there is almost no variation for the ID/IG ratio (1.09-1.10), peak position, and shape of D and G bands. This result suggests that Li-ions de-/intercalation into amorphous carbon is not the main capacity contribution source in TiN@C samples. Only small amount of Li-ions were embedded into carbon layers, resulting in the generation of some capacities in the form of electric double layer capacitance. Additionally, it is evident to observe four distinctive peaks at 155, 256, 418, and 608 cm-1, which are typical characteristics of TiN [31]. During the discharge process to 0.01 V, the Raman peaks at 256, 418, and 608 cm-1 disappeared gradually. This result is possibly related to the formation of SEI film and the electrochemical conversion reaction between TiN and Li-ions, which is possibly conducive to the generation of amorphous Ti and Li3N. Notably, with the elevated charge voltage to 3.0 V, all the representative Raman peaks of TiN appeared distinctly, further illustrating the remarkable reversibility of electrochemical reaction. These results are in good accordance with XRD patterns shown in figures 5(a) and (b).
Ex-situ XPS spectra of TiN@C-700 (figure S7) further elucidated the electrochemical conversion reaction between TiN with Li-ions during the charge-discharge procedure, which has contributed to the formation of Li3N and Ti. To further study the formation and growth of SEI film on the TiN surface, corresponding F 1s and O 1s spectra were also collected (figures 5(e) and (f)). The surface of SEI layer generated in traditional electrolyte is mainly composed of organic LiF and RCH2OCO2Li [32]. As shown in figure 5(e), it is notable that the peak intensity of Li-F bond increased gradually and almost remained unchangeable at 0.45 V during the discharging process. This result manifests that SEI film has reached the stable formation upon 0.45 V, in good accordance with the first CV curves shown in figure 3(a). Moreover, as presented in the C1s spectra (figure 5(f)), the typical peaks of ROCO2Li and RCO2Li approached to the stable states at 0.90-0.45 V, further clarifying the generation of stable SEI layer on the TiN surface. Additionally, after charged to 3.0 V, there is almost no composition variation for F1s and C1s spectra, which further confirm the irreversible formation of SEI film on the TiN@C surface. Based on these experimental results, it is definitely speculated that there is a reversible chemical conversion reaction between TiN and Li-ions (TiN + 3e- + 3Li+ = Ti + Li3N) during the cycling process, which contributed to the majority of Li-ions storage capacities.
In summary, a simple and low-cost synthesis route of carbon-anchored TiN nanoparticles (TiN@C) was developed by the molten salt synthesis method. TiN@C has displayed prominent electrochemical performances as a high-rate anode for fast charging-discharging LIBs, which could show a reversible capacity of 381.5 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 250 cycles and 141.5 mAh g-1 at 1.0 A g-1 after 1000 cycles, respectively. Such remarkable rate capabilities of TiN@C could be derived from its robust microstructure of TiN nanoparticles dispersed onto the carbon support. Simultaneously, nanosized TiN in 5 nm particle size possessed large specific surface areas, accompanied by abundant electroactive sites generated for Li-ions storage. Li-ions storage mechanism of TiN@C is a conversion reaction, along with the reversible electrochemical reaction of TiN + 3e- + 3Li+ = Ti + Li3N during the Li-ions insertion and extraction process. These findings highlight the feasibility and superiority of this preparation method for TiN as a durable high-rate anode for LIBs.
This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51671204), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, China (No. 2019A1515110825).
Author contributions
Ruijia Liu: experiments, data processing and analyses, and writing original manuscript. Na Li: investigations, and assisted experiments. Enyue Zhao: investigations, review & editing, and data analyses. Jinkui Zhao: review & editing. Wenjun Wang: characterizations and data analyses. Lingxu Yang: characterizations and data analyses. Huijun Liu: review & editing, and characterizations. Chaoliu Zeng: supervision and funding acquisition.
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