MXene-carbon nanotubes-Cellulose-LiFePO4 based self-supporting cathode with ultrahigh-area-capacity for lithium-ion batteries

Designing cathodes with more electroactive materials is a promising way to improve the energy density of batteries while it is highly challenging due to their low electronic/ionic transport, poor structural integrity, and irreversible Li + consumption in full-cell configurations. Herein, we demonstrate a self-supporting cathode based on 3 dimensional MXene-Carbon nanotubes-Cellulose-LiFePO 4 (3D-MCC-LFP). The 3D-MCC-LFP cathodes demonstrate some distinct advantages over conventional LFP cathode (Con-LFP), including higher LFP loading (120 mg cm −2 ) and faster electronic/ionic transport (1.587 S cm −1 /1.18 × 10 −11 cm 2 S −1 ), which result in better electrochemical performance. Such as, the 3D-MCC-LFP 10 cathode (LFP loading is 10 mg cm −2 ) offers a significantly higher capacity of 0.86 mAh cm −2 at 5 C (1 C=170 mA g −1 ) than Con-LFP 10 of 0.05 mAh cm −2 , and a higher retaining capacity of 1.45 mAh cm −2 after 500 cycles at 1 C than Con-LFP 10 (1.16 mAh cm −2 ). Meanwhile, the 3D-MCC-LFP 120 cathode demonstrates an ultrahigh areal capacity of 19.2 mAh cm −2 . Furthermore, the assembled 3D-MCC-LFP 60 /SnO 2 full-cell demonstrates a high areal capacity of 6.3 mAh cm −2 at 1.6 mA cm −2 . Considering its traits of ultrahigh area capacity, excellent electronic/ionic transport and self-supporting characteristics, the 3D-MCC-LFP cathode combined with SnO 2 anode is surely promising for high performance lithium-ion batteries.