Polypyrrole-coated triple-layer yolk–shell Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> anode materials with their superior overall performance in lithium-ion batteries

Zhen He; Jiaming Liu; Yuqian Wei; Yunfei Song; Wuxin Yang; Aobo Yang; Yuxin Wang; Bo Li

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Zhen He, Jiaming Liu, Yuqian Wei, Yunfei Song, Wuxin Yang, Aobo Yang, Yuxin Wang, and Bo Li, Polypyrrole-coated triple-layer yolk–shell Fe₂O₃ anode materials with their superior overall performance in lithium-ion batteries, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 31(2024), No. 12, pp. 2737-2748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-024-2954-0

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Zhen He, Jiaming Liu, Yuqian Wei, Yunfei Song, Wuxin Yang, Aobo Yang, Yuxin Wang, and Bo Li, Polypyrrole-coated triple-layer yolk–shell Fe2O3 anode materials with their superior overall performance in lithium-ion batteries, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 31(2024), No. 12, pp. 2737-2748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-024-2954-0

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Polypyrrole-coated triple-layer yolk–shell Fe₂O₃ anode materials with their superior overall performance in lithium-ion batteries

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Yuxin Wang E-mail: ywan943@163.com

Bo Li E-mail: bli219@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Received: 22 February 2024; Revised: 31 May 2024; Accepted: 6 June 2024; Available online: 12 June 2024

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Iron oxide (Fe₂O₃) emerges as a highly attractive anode candidate among rapidly expanding energy storage market. Nonetheless, its considerable volume changes during cycling as an electrode material result in a vast reduced battery cycle life. In this work, an approach is pioneered for preparing high-performance Fe₂O₃ anode materials, by innovatively synthesizing a triple-layer yolk–shell Fe₂O₃ uniformly coated with a conductive polypyrrole (Ppy) layer (Fe₂O₃@Ppy-TLY). The uniform polypyrrole coating introduces more reaction sites and adsorption sites, and maintains structure stability through charge-discharge process. In the uses as lithium-ion battery electrodes, Fe₂O₃@Ppy-TLY demonstrates high reversible specific capacity (maintaining a discharge capacity of 1375.11 mAh·g⁻¹ after 500 cycles at 1 C), exceptional cycling stability (retaining the steady charge-discharge performance at 544.33 mAh·g⁻¹ after 6000 ultrafast charge-discharge cycles at a 10 C current density), and outstanding high current charge-discharge performance (retaining a reversible capacity of 156.75 mAh·g⁻¹ after 10000 cycles at 15 C), thereby exhibiting superior lithium storage performance. This work introduces innovative advancements for Fe₂O₃ anode design, aiming to enhance its performance in energy storage fields.
- Fe₂O₃;
- structure design;
- anode material;
- lithium-ion battery

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