Abstract
This letter reports on the investigation of a binder-free cathode material to be used in rechargeable aluminum batteries. This cathode is synthesized by directly depositing V2O5 on a Ni foam current collector. Rechargeable aluminum coin cells fabricated using the as-synthesized binder-free cathode delivered an initial discharge capacity of 239 mAh/g, which is much higher than that of batteries fabricated using a cathode composed of V2O5 nanowires and binder. An obvious discharge voltage plateau appeared at 0.6 V in the discharge curves of the Ni-V2O5 cathode, which is slightly higher than that of the V2O5 nanowire cathodes with common binders. This improvement is attributed to reduced electrochemical polarization.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 80-84 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | ACS applied materials & interfaces |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- PTFE binder
- PVDF binder
- VO cathode
- aluminum battery
- binder-free
- ionic liquid electrolyte