Mechano-chemical synthesis of high-stable PbO@C composite for enhanced performance of lead-carbon battery

Junxiong Wang, Huijie Hou, Jingping Hu, Xu Wu, Yuchen Hu, Mingyang Li, Wenhao Yu, Peiyuan Zhang, Sha Liang, Keke Xiao, R. Vasant Kumar, Jiakuan Yang*

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Abstract

Novel PbO@C composite is synthesized through an optimized mechano-chemical method and used as negative active materials for enhanced performance of lead-carbon battery. Mechanical ball-milling of solid lead acetate, sodium hydroxide and carbon additives (Vulcan-72) would generate uniform composite of lead oxide and carbon (PbO@C) via chemical reactions and mechanical dispersion. The constant mechanical impact and friction during ball-milling leads to lattice distortion and enables intimate connection between Pb and C in the synthesized PbO@C composite, which is proved to be critical for the enhanced battery performance. The specific capacity is higher than battery with direct addition of carbon as additives (126.5 vs. 118.9 mAh g −1 ), and the cycle performance under high rate partial-state-of-charge duty is also improved. Batteries with the utilization of PbO@C composite accomplished 15119, 11296, 9882, 8336 and 7038 cycles within five consecutive cycle-sets of cycle test, with a decreasing rate of 19.12%, which was drastically lower than battery with direct addition of VC 72 (30.14%). The proposed research provides a promising strategy for feasible synthesis of negative active materials for lead-carbon batteries.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)682-691
Number of pages10
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume299
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • High-rate partial-state-of-charge (HRPSoC) performance
  • Lead oxide
  • Lead-carbon battery
  • Mechano-chemical method
  • Negative active materials (NAMs)

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