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High-power, fast-charging capability is an urgent issue for the development of advanced Li-ion batteries (LIBs) for electrified mobility applications. An anatase titanium oxide mesocrystal (TOM) Li-ion battery (LIB) anode comprising extremely small (3-5 nm) and crystallographically coherent nanocrystallite subunits demonstrate a high specific capacity (up to 225 mAh g-1) and extraordinary rate capability and cycle stability under stressful currents (83 % capacity retention after 9000 cycles at 10 C rate, 1 C = 168 mA g-1), considerably outperforming the conventional nanocrystalline titanium oxide (TO) electrode. The investigation of the underlying (de)lith-iation mechanism using synchrotron X-ray analyses and density functional theory calculations reveals a novel crystalline-amorphous-crystalline pathway for TOM involving an amorphous phase existing within a Li stoi-chiometry range approximately LixTiO2, x = 0.2-0.9. The combination of structure amorphization and existing of a fast inter-grain diffusion network inherent to the hierarchical interior of mesocrystal empowers the TOM electrode with orders-of-magnitude higher diffusion rates as compared with the TO electrode. The single-crystal -like crystallographic coherence of the (de)lithiation end-products enables favorable chemo-mechanical stability to avert particle cracking during high-rate cycling. The study indicates a potential new direction for engineering cycle-stable fast-charging electrode materials.
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NANO ENERGY
ISSN: 2211-2855
Year: 2022
Volume: 102
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JCR@2022
1 6 . 8 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:91
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 11
SCOPUS Cited Count: 6
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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