Boosting the Development of Hard Carbon for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Strategies to Optimize the Initial Coulombic Efficiency

Y Yang, C Wu, XX He, J Zhao, Z Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Given the merits of affordable cost, superior low‐temperature performance, and advanced
safe properties, sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) have exhibited great development potential in …

Advances in sodium-ion batteries at low-temperature: Challenges and strategies

H Bai, X Zhu, H Ao, G He, H **ao, Y Chen - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024‏ - Elsevier
With the continuing boost in the demand for energy storage, there is an increasing
requirement for batteries to be capable of operation in extreme environmental conditions …

Preferential Pyrolysis Construction of Carbon Anodes with 8400 h Lifespan for High‐Energy‐Density K‐ion Batteries

J Yin, J **, C Chen, Y Lei, Z Tian, Y Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Carbonaceous materials are promising anodes for practical potassium‐ion batteries, but fail
to meet the requirements for durability and high capacities at low potentials. Herein, we …

Deciphering Electrolyte Dominated Na+ Storage Mechanisms in Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

G Liu, Z Wang, H Yuan, C Yan, R Hao… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although hard carbon (HC) demonstrates superior initial Coulombic efficiency, cycling
durability, and rate capability in ether‐based electrolytes compared to ester‐based …

A carbon aerogel lightweight Al battery for fast storage of fluctuating energy

A Lv, M Wang, H Shi, S Lu, J Zhang… - Advanced Materials, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Al batteries have great potential for renewable energy storage owing to their low cost, high
capacity, and safety. High energy density and adaptability to fluctuating electricity are major …

Molecular Engineering Enabling High Initial Coulombic Efficiency and Rubost Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Hard Carbon in Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Y Sun, R Hou, S Xu, H Zhou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbon (HC) as a potential candidate anode for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) suffers
from unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) …

The progress of hard carbon as an anode material in sodium-ion batteries

S Tan, H Yang, Z Zhang, X Xu, Y Xu, J Zhou, X Zhou… - Molecules, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
When compared to expensive lithium metal, the metal sodium resources on Earth are
abundant and evenly distributed. Therefore, low-cost sodium-ion batteries are expected to …

Advanced hard carbon materials for practical applications of sodium-ion batteries developed by combined experimental, computational, and data analysis approaches

Z Sun, H Liu, W Li, N Zhang, S Zhu, B Chen… - Progress in Materials …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Hard carbon materials are considered one of the ideal anode materials for sodium-ion
batteries (SIBs). However, the practical application of hard carbon materials is limited by …

Combustion Activation Induced Solid‐State Synthesis for N, B Co‐Doped Carbon/Zinc Borate Anode with a Boosting of Sodium Storage Performance

H Zhang, D Zhang, M Guo, Z Huang, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Zinc borates have merits of low voltage polarization and suitable redox potential, but usually
suffer from low rate capability and poor cycling life, as an emerging anode candidate for Na+ …

Defect-rich hard carbon designed by heteroatom escape assists sodium storage performance for sodium-ion batteries

Y Wang, M Li, Y Zhang, N Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) avoids the use of expensive cobalt element, and the abundance
of sodium element is high, so it shows great application potential, and the development of …