• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 17, Issue 1, 015 (2025)
Yan Zhao1,2, Qiang Yuan2, Liting Yang3, Guisheng Liang3..., Yifeng Cheng4, Limin Wu5,*, Chunfu Lin1,2,** and Renchao Che1,3,4,***|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People’s Republic of China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311100, People’s Republic of China
  • 5Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01497-z Cite this Article
    Yan Zhao, Qiang Yuan, Liting Yang, Guisheng Liang, Yifeng Cheng, Limin Wu, Chunfu Lin, Renchao Che. “Zero-Strain” NiNb2O6 Fibers for All-Climate Lithium Storage[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 015 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Niobates are promising all-climate Li+-storage anode material due to their fast charge transport, large specific capacities, and resistance to electrolyte reaction. However, their moderate unit-cell-volume expansion (generally 5%–10%) during Li+ storage causes unsatisfactory long-term cyclability. Here, “zero-strain” NiNb2O6 fibers are explored as a new anode material with comprehensively good electrochemical properties. During Li+ storage, the expansion of electrochemical inactive NiO6 octahedra almost fully offsets the shrinkage of active NbO6 octahedra through reversible O movement. Such superior volume-accommodation capability of the NiO6 layers guarantees the “zero-strain” behavior of NiNb2O6 in a broad temperature range (0.53%//0.51%//0.74% at 25// - 10//60 °C), leading to the excellent cyclability of the NiNb2O6 fibers (92.8%//99.2% // 91.1% capacity retention after 1000//2000//1000 cycles at 10C and 25// - 10//60 °C). This NiNb2O6 material further exhibits a large reversible capacity (300//184//318 mAh g-1 at 0.1C and 25// - 10//60 °C) and outstanding rate performance (10 to 0.5C capacity percentage of 64.3%//50.0%//65.4% at 25// - 10//60 °C). Therefore, the NiNb2O6 fibers are especially suitable for large-capacity, fast-charging, long-life, and all-climate lithium-ion batteries.
    Yan Zhao, Qiang Yuan, Liting Yang, Guisheng Liang, Yifeng Cheng, Limin Wu, Chunfu Lin, Renchao Che. “Zero-Strain” NiNb2O6 Fibers for All-Climate Lithium Storage[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 015
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