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<p>A sequence of N-doped carbon materials has been synthesized using poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid copolymers as carbon precursors. The nitrogen content and configuration in carbon materials has been changed regularly within a certain range by adjusting the proportion of ionic liquids. We found that the capacity and rate performance increased dramatically after the introduction of ionic liquids, which was attributed to incorporation of higher amount pyridinic-N, pyrrolic-N into the carbon materials. Besides, with the increase of the graphitic-N, the initial Coulombic efficiency decreased from 58.5 % to 53.47 % and the R<sub>SEI</sub> raised from 66.34 Ω to 140.96 Ω, which was attributed to the higher cohesive energy of Li dimmer than adsorption energy of graphitic-N with Li, since more lithium clusters during the formation of SEI film were formed. The electrochemical tests also revealed the negative role of graphitic-N in the capacity. Therefore, this work provides a feasible method to design the nitrogen content and configuration of the N-doped carbon materials.</p>
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A sequence of N-doped carbon materials has been synthesized using poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid copolymers as carbon precursors. The nitrogen content and configuration in carbon materials has been changed regularly within a certain range by adjusting the proportion of ionic liquids. We found that the capacity and rate performance increased dramatically after the introduction of ionic liquids, which was attributed to incorporation of higher amount pyridinic-N, pyrrolic-N into the carbon materials. Besides, with the increase of the graphitic-N, the initial Coulombic efficiency decreased from 58.5 % to 53.47 % and the RSEI raised from 66.34 Ω to 140.96 Ω, which was attributed to the higher cohesive energy of Li dimmer than adsorption energy of graphitic-N with Li, since more lithium clusters during the formation of SEI film were formed. The electrochemical tests also revealed the negative role of graphitic-N in the capacity. Therefore, this work provides a feasible method to design the nitrogen content and configuration of the N-doped carbon materials.

Influence of nitrogen configuration on the electrochemical properties of carbonized poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid as anode materials in lithium ion batteries

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals

Materials Science-Poland

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A sequence of N-doped carbon materials has been synthesized using poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid copolymers as carbon precursors. The nitrogen content and...

Influence of nitrogen configuration on the electrochemical properties of carbonized poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid as anode materials in lithium ion batteries

Publié en ligne: 13 avr. 2021

Pages: 518 - 525

Reçu: 24 janv. 2018

Accepté: 23 avr. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0062

Mots clés
graphitic-N, poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid copolymers, carbon materials, lithium ion batteries

© 2020 Lei Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Influence of nitrogen configuration on the electrochemical properties of carbonized poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid as anode materials in lithium ion batteries

Publié en ligne: 13 avr. 2021

Pages: 518 - 525

Reçu: 24 janv. 2018

Accepté: 23 avr. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0062

Mots clésgraphitic-N, poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid copolymers, carbon materials, lithium ion batteries

© 2020 Lei Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
graphitic-N, poly(acrylonitrile)-ionic liquid copolymers, carbon materials, lithium ion batteries