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Vol. 17 (2025)

“Zero-Strain” NiNb2O6 Fibers for All-Climate Lithium Storage

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01497-z
Yan Zhao
College of Physics, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People’s Republic of China
Qiang Yuan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
Liting Yang
Laboratory 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
Guisheng Liang
Laboratory 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
Yifeng Cheng
Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, People’s Republic of China
Limin Wu
Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
Chunfu Lin
College of Physics, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People’s Republic of China
Renchao Che
College of Physics, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Renchao Che

rcche@fudan.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 17 (2025), Article Number: 15

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.


Highlights:
1 “Zero-strain” NiNb2O6 fibers with nanosized primary particles are explored as an all-climate anode material with comprehensively good Li+-storage properties.
2 The almost completely opposite volume changes of electrochemical inactive NiO6 octahedra and active NbO6 octahedra are achieved through reversible O movement, leading to the “zero-strain” behavior of NiNb2O6 with minor unit-cell-volume change and excellent cyclability in a broad temperature range.
3 The gained insight can provide guide for the exploration of high-performance energy-storage materials working at harsh temperatures.

Keywords

NiNb2O6 porous fiber “Zero-strain” mechanism Electrochemical property Harsh-temperature operation Operando characterization
Zhao, Yan, Qiang Yuan, Liting Yang, Guisheng Liang, Yifeng Cheng, Limin Wu, Chunfu Lin, and Renchao Che. 2024. “‘Zero-Strain’ NiNb2O6 Fibers for All-Climate Lithium Storage”. Nano-Micro Letters 17 (September):15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01497-z.
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