TY - JOUR AU - Xia, Rui AU - Zhao, Kangning AU - Kuo, Liang-Yin AU - Zhang, Lei AU - Cunha, Daniel M. AU - Wang, Yang AU - Huang, Sizhao AU - Zheng, Jie AU - Boukamp, Bernard AU - Kaghazchi, Payam AU - Sun, Congli AU - ten Elshof, Johan E. AU - Huijben, Mark TI - Nickel Niobate Anodes for High Rate Lithium‐Ion Batteries JO - Advanced energy materials VL - 12 IS - 1 SN - 1614-6832 CY - Weinheim PB - Wiley-VCH M1 - FZJ-2021-05582 SP - 2102972 - PY - 2022 AB - Fast charging is one of the key requirements for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, however, lithium-ion diffusion rates of typical electrode materials are limited. Nanosizing of active electrode material is a common strategy to increase the effective lithium-ion diffusion transport rate, but it also decreases the volumetric energy/power density and stability of the battery. In this work, nickel niobate NiNb2O6 is demonstrated for the first time as a new intrinsic high-rate anode material for lithium-ion batteries without the requirement of realizing nano-architectures. The NiNb2O6 host crystal structure exhibits only a single type of channel for lithium-ion intercalation and can be fully lithiated with a capacity of about 244 mAh g−1 at low current densities. Interestingly, a high diffusion coefficient of 10−12 cm2 s−1 at 300 K enables fast (dis)charging at high current densities resulting in high capacities of 140 and 50 mAh g−1 for 10 and 100C respectively. The minimal volume change during lithiation is the origin of the stable reversible lithiation process in NiNb2O6 and leads to 81% capacity retention after 20 000 cycles at 100C. Finally, full cell systems against LiFePO4 and Li[Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1]O2 (NCM811) cathodes demonstrate the promising energy storage performance of nickel niobate anodes in practical battery devices. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000718209700001 DO - DOI:10.1002/aenm.202102972 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904012 ER -