1. School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China 2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China 3. Energy Storage Research Institute, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
The large voltage hysteresis of the NiO anode, which owes much to the intermediate product Li2NiO2, is one of the main obstacles to its practical application in lithium-ion batteries. In this work, we show that the incorporation of Fe- and N-ions in the NiO lattice can suppress the formation of intermediate product Li2NiO2 and thus greatly reduces the voltage hysteresis of the NiO anode from ~1.2 to ~0.9 V. In comparison with the pure NiO electrode, the Ni0.5Fe0.5O1−xNx anode exhibits significantly enhanced reversible specific capacity (959 mAh·g−1 at 0.3 A·g−1), cycling stability (capacity retention of 96.1% at 100th cycle relative to the second cycle) and rate capability (442 at 10 A·g−1). These results provide a practical method to enhance the lithium storage performance of the NiO anode and more importantly a new solution to the large voltage hysteresis of conversion-type anodes.
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