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A high-voltage lithium-ion battery prepared using a Sn-decorated reduced graphene oxide anode and a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode

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This paper describes the preparation and characterization of a high-voltage lithium-ion battery based on Sn-decorated reduced graphene oxide and LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 as the anode and cathode active materials, respectively. The Sn-decorated reduced graphene oxide is prepared using a microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis method followed by reduction at high temperature of a mixture of (C6H5)2SnCl2 and graphene oxide. The so-obtained anode material is characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and electron diffraction spectroscopy. The LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 is a commercially available product. The two materials are used to prepare composite electrodes, and their electrochemical properties are investigated by galvanostatic charge/discharge cycles at various current densities in lithium cells. The electrodes are then used to assemble a high-voltage lithium-ion cell, and the cell is tested to evaluate its performance as a function of discharge rate and cycle number.

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Part of this work is carried out within the activities “Ricerca Sistema Elettrico” funded through contributions to research and development by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.

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  1. ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, Santa Maria di Galeria, 00123, Rome, Italy

    Pier Paolo Prosini & Maria Carewska

  2. Drive the Innovation in Energy Storage (DInESto), Via Province, 04012, Cisterna di Latina, Italy

    Pier Paolo Prosini

  3. Dip. Scienze di Base ed Applicate per l’Ingegneria, University of Roma La Sapienza, Via Scarpa 14, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Gabriele Tarquini

  4. School of Science and Technology, Chemistry Division, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino, 62032, Camerino (MC), Italy

    Fabio Maroni, Agnese Birrozzi & Francesco Nobili

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Prosini, P.P., Carewska, M., Tarquini, G. et al. A high-voltage lithium-ion battery prepared using a Sn-decorated reduced graphene oxide anode and a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode. Ionics 22, 515–528 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1577-x

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