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Adv Mater. 2017 Dec;29(48). doi: 10.1002/adma.201700176. Epub 2017 Apr 10.

Two-Dimensional Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

Jun Mei, Ting Liao, Liangzhi Kou, Ziqi Sun

Affiliations

  1. School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.
  2. Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia.

PMID: 28394441 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201700176

Abstract

The exponential increase in research focused on two-dimensional (2D) metal oxides has offered an unprecedented opportunity for their use in energy conversion and storage devices, especially for promising next-generation rechargeable batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (NIBs), as well as some post-lithium batteries, including lithium-sulfur batteries, lithium-air batteries, etc. The introduction of well-designed 2D metal oxide nanomaterials into next-generation rechargeable batteries has significantly enhanced the performance of these energy-storage devices by providing higher chemically active interfaces, shortened ion-diffusion lengths, and improved in-plane carrier-/charge-transport kinetics, which have greatly promoted the development of nanotechnology and the practical application of rechargeable batteries. Here, the recent progress in the application of 2D metal oxide nanomaterials in a series of rechargeable LIBs, NIBs, and other post lithium-ion batteries is reviewed relatively comprehensively. Current opportunities and future challenges for the application of 2D nanomaterials in energy-storage devices to achieve high energy density, high power density, stable cyclability, etc. are summarized and outlined. It is believed that the integration of 2D metal oxide nanomaterials in these clean energy devices offers great opportunities to address challenges driven by increasing global energy demands.

© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: 2D materials; batteries; graphene; metal oxides; nanosheets

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