Ionothermal synthesis of activated carbon from waste PET bottles as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries†

Ehi-Eromosele, C. O. and Onwucha, Chizoom N. and Ajayi, O.S and Melinte, Georgian and Hansen, Anna-Lena and Indris, Sylvio and Ehrenberg, Helmut (2022) Ionothermal synthesis of activated carbon from waste PET bottles as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries†. Royal Society of Chemistry, 12. pp. 34670-34684.

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Abstract

Waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles have become a significant post-consumer plastic waste with attendant environmental problems. Hence, ionothermal synthesis has been used to prepare activated carbon (AC) anode materials from waste PET for both high performance and sustainable lithium-ion batteries (LIB). Particularly, using choline chloride deep eutectic salts (CU-DES) does not require post-synthesis washing and thereby reduces the complexity of the process and produces materials with unique low-surface area, higher levels of graphitization/ordering, and high nitrogen doping in the obtained ACs. The results show that the AC produced using CU-DES (PET-CU-A-ITP2) gave good electrochemical performance. Even though the material possesses a low surface area (∼23 m2 g−1), it displays a gravimetric capacity (GC) of ∼460 mA h g−1 and a coulombic efficiency (CE) of ∼53% in the 1st cycle and very good cycling performance with a capacity retention of 98% from the 2nd to the 100th cycle. The superior electrochemical performance of the PET-CU-A-ITP2 anode was found to be due to its better graphitization/ordering and dense structure which results in higher capacity, formation of less solid electrolyte interphase, and higher CE. These results show that dense carbons can be exploited as high-performance anodes in LIBs. Also, this research presents both a pathway for waste PET management and a waste-energy approach that could offer cheaper and greener LIBs to meet the sustainable development goals.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	AKINWUMI
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2023 08:37
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2023 08:37
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/16684

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