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VC/graphene composite as well as preparation method and application thereof in lithium-air battery

A technology for lithium-air batteries and composite materials, applied in the field of lithium-air battery catalytic materials, can solve the problems of few related reports, and achieve the effects of good electrical conductivity, high catalytic activity, and increased wetting contact area

Active Publication Date: 2017-11-24
CENT SOUTH UNIV
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Problems solved by technology

Fe 3 C.Mo 2 C and other transition metal carbides have been beneficially studied in the field of catalysis and lithium-air batteries, but there are few reports on VC materials as lithium-air battery materials.

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[0043]First, 0.8 g of vanadyl acetylacetonate and 0.3 g of polyvinylpyrrolidone were weighed, added into a beaker containing 30 mL of ethanol, and stirred to form a transparent solution. Weigh 60 mg of graphene and dissolve it in 10 mL of water to form a graphene solution, add it to the above solution, stir evenly, transfer the resulting mixed solution to a polytetrafluoroethylene solvothermal reaction kettle, and carry out solvothermal reaction at 160 °C. After 24 hours, the obtained precipitate was repeatedly washed with water and ethanol, and dried to obtain the precursor.

[0044] Weigh an appropriate amount of precursor, put it into a corundum porcelain boat, and place it in a vacuum tube furnace. Introduce argon gas, heat the tube furnace to 1000°C for 3 hours, and obtain the VC / graphene composite material.

[0045] The lithium-air battery VC / graphene composite material prepared in this example is assembled into a button battery with lithium, and its material structure ...

Embodiment 2

[0051] First, weigh 0.8 g of vanadyl acetylacetonate and 0.2 g of polyvinylpyrrolidone, add them into a beaker containing 30 mL of ethanol, and stir to form a transparent solution. Weigh 60 mg of graphene and dissolve it in 10 mL of water to form a graphene solution, add it to the above solution, stir the obtained mixed solution into a polytetrafluoroethylene solvothermal reaction kettle, and carry out solvothermal reaction at 180 ° C. After 18 hours, the obtained precipitate was repeatedly washed with water and ethanol, and dried to obtain the precursor.

[0052] Weigh an appropriate amount of precursor, put it into a corundum porcelain boat, and place it in a vacuum tube furnace. Introduce argon gas, heat the tube furnace to 1000°C for 2 hours, and obtain the VC / graphene composite material.

[0053] The VC / graphene composite material prepared by the method is that flake VC is evenly distributed between graphene and on the surface, wherein the flake VC length (width) in the ...

Embodiment 3

[0056] Firstly, 0.8 g of vanadyl acetylacetonate and 0.5 g of polyvinylpyrrolidone were weighed, added into a beaker containing 20 mL of ethanol, and stirred to form a transparent solution. Weigh 40 mg of graphene and dissolve it in 20 mL of water to form a graphene solution, add it to the above solution, stir evenly, transfer the resulting mixed solution to a polytetrafluoroethylene solvothermal reaction kettle, and carry out solvothermal reaction at 180 °C. After 12 hours, the obtained precipitate was repeatedly washed with water and ethanol, and dried to obtain the precursor.

[0057] Weigh an appropriate amount of precursor, put it into a corundum porcelain boat, and place it in a vacuum tube furnace. Introduce argon gas, heat the tube furnace to 900°C for 4 hours, and obtain the VC / graphene composite material.

[0058] The VC / graphene composite material prepared by this method is that flake VC is evenly distributed between graphene and on the surface, wherein the flake V...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a VC / graphene composite as well as a preparation method and an application thereof in a lithium-air battery. The material is formed by uniformly loading flaky VC on graphene; the preparation method of the VC / graphene composite comprises steps as follows: vanadium salt and graphene are dissolved and dispersed in an alcohol-water mixed solvent under the action of a surfactant, and a precursor is obtained with a solvothermal method; the precursor is placed in the protective atmosphere and subjected to heat treatment at the high temperature, and the VC / graphene composite with good conductive performance, large specific surface area and high catalytic activity is obtained. The VC / graphene composite is used as a lithium-air battery catalyst material and has lower overpotential, high specific capacity and excellent cycle performance, and the preparation method of the VC / graphene composite is simple and low in cost and has better application prospects.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a lithium-air battery catalytic material, in particular to a VC / graphene composite material and a preparation method thereof, and the application of the VC / graphene composite material as a lithium-air battery cathode catalytic material, belonging to the field of lithium-air batteries. Background technique [0002] Lithium-air battery is one of the attractive high-energy-density secondary battery systems, with a theoretical energy density as high as 11700Wh kg -1 , and the energy density of gasoline-oxygen system (13000Wh kg -1 )quite. However, in the practical application process, lithium-air batteries are faced with problems such as severe polarization during charging and discharging, poor power performance, and insufficient cycle performance, which are difficult to overcome. Catalyst materials are an important part of lithium-air batteries, which can effectively promote the kinetics of lithium-air battery electrode reaction...

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IPC IPC(8): H01M4/90H01M12/08
CPCH01M4/9083H01M12/08Y02E60/10
Inventor 张治安宋俊肖吕晓军赖延清焦一峰李煌旭李天伟
Owner CENT SOUTH UNIV