Preparation of Lignin Nanocarbon and Its Performance as a Negative Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries

doi:10.7503/cjcu20200904

Abstract

Abstract:

Enzymatically hydrolyzed lignin extracted from residues in the biorefinery industry was hydrothermally combined with zinc acetate under alkaline conditions to prepare a low molecular weight lignin/zinc oxide compound（LWL/ZnO）， which was then carbonized and etched to obtain Lignin nano-carbon material（NLC）. After characterizing its morphology and structure， it is found that NLC has a nano-particle structure with a particle size of less than 50 nm， with a specific surface area of 833.25 m²/g， and a mesoporosity as high as 58.07%. The mesopores with a pore diameter of 10 nm are the most abundant. The electrochemical performance test results show that NLC as a lithium-ion battery anode material has good cycle performance and rate performance， and its reversible specific capacity can maintain 705 mA·h/g after 200 cycles at a current density of 200 mA/g.

Key words: Lignin, Mesoporous nanocarbon, Lithium-ion battery

CLC Number:

O646.21

TrendMD:

YI Conghua, SU Huajian, QIAN Yong, LI Qiong, YANG Dongjie. Preparation of Lignin Nanocarbon and Its Performance as a Negative Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries[J]. Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2021, 42(6): 1807.

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Sample	Carboxylic acid content/(mmol·g^-1)	Phenolic hydroxyl content/(mmol·g^-1)	M_w	M_n	M_w/M_n
EHL	0.937	0.975	10700	3620	2.95
LWL	1.895	1.822	1555	1168	1.33

Sample	Carboxylic acid content/(mmol·g^-1)	Phenolic hydroxyl content/(mmol·g^-1)	M_w	M_n	M_w/M_n
EHL	0.937	0.975	10700	3620	2.95
LWL	1.895	1.822	1555	1168	1.33

Sample	S_BET/(m²·g^-1)	R_micro(%)	R_meso(%)	Sample	S_BET/(m²·g^-1)	R_micro(%)	R_meso(%)
EHL	5.05	1.98	48.67	NLC/ZnO	161.79	12.66	29.36
LC	1.18	0.07	19.92	NLC	833.25	16.94	58.07
LWL/ZnO	59.33	2.51	84.30

Sample	S_BET/(m²·g^-1)	R_micro(%)	R_meso(%)	Sample	S_BET/(m²·g^-1)	R_micro(%)	R_meso(%)
EHL	5.05	1.98	48.67	NLC/ZnO	161.79	12.66	29.36
LC	1.18	0.07	19.92	NLC	833.25	16.94	58.07
LWL/ZnO	59.33	2.51	84.30

Material	Carbon source	Carbonization temperature/℃	1st discharge/ charge capacity/ (mA·h·g^-1)	Current density/(mA·g^-1)	Cycle number	Reversible capacity/ (mA·h·g^-1)	Ref.
LHPC	Alkali Lignin	700	1182/492	200	400	470	[8]
PLC?EHL?K₂CO₃	Enzymatic hydrolysis lignin	900	1693/918	200	200	520	[9]
AL?H?800	Corn stalks lignin	800	882/550	748	200	222	[17]
C_SAN?750	Azo polymer lignin	750	366/195	60	50	225	[18]
N?doped carbon fibrous	Organosolv lignin	900	650/538	30	50	576	[19]
HLPC?ZnCO₃?600	Enzymatic hydrolysis lignin	600	1218/667	200	200	550	[20]
NLC	Enzymatic hydrolysis lignin	650	1730/728	200	200	705	This work