abstract
The vital issues of rechargeable lithium batteries widely used for everyday energy storage is being studied by many researchers to enhance the battery performance and safety. Graphene as well as cheaper and more accessible reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are known for high electrical conductivity, specific surface area and chemical stability. Providing thus high specific power and long cycle life, graphene and rGO in the form of porous frameworks like aerogels, foams, sponges (all denoted here as GA) have been successfully tested in electrodes of various types of lithium batteries. In this article, we review advances in synthesis and use of GA in high-performance electrode materials of lithium-ion (Li-ion), lithium-sulfur (Li-S), and lithium-air (Li-O2) batteries. Published results on the specific capacity of the lithium-battery electrodes using GA, the effect of GA on the cycling stability, and methods to enhance the performance of Li-ion, Li-S and Li-O2 batteries using porous microstructure of GA are overviewed and discussed. Thus, we provide an in-depth summary on diverse promising approaches of significant breakthroughs in recent years and present strategies to choose porous graphene frameworks for the sustainable lithium-battery electrodes.
keywords
AEROGEL COMPOSITE ANODES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CATHODE; REDUCED GRAPHENE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY-STORAGE; IN-SITU; 3-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE; FREESTANDING CATHODE; OXIDE AEROGEL; SULFUR HOST
subject category
Energy & Fuels
authors
Okhay, O; Tkach, A
our authors
Oleksandr Tkach
Principal Researcher
Olena Okhay
Post-Doc FellowshipProjects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
acknowledgements
This work was supported by national funds, through FCT (Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia) in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in numbers 4, 5, and 6 of article 23 of the Decree Law 57/2016, of 29 August, UIDB/00481/2020 and UIDP/00481/2020; and CENTRO- 01-0145-FEDER-022083-Centro Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Centro2020) , under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund and developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & LA/P/0006/2020, financed by National funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC) as well as within FCT independent researcher grant 2021.02284.CEECIND and the project PTDC/EME-REN/1497/2021 "Power Phoenix Battery-A Full Solid State Grid-scale Storage Solution".