Catalytic Graphitization of Biocarbon for Lithium-Ion Anodes: A Minireview: Article No. e202300729

Lillian Lower, Shaikat Dey, Trevor Vook, Mark Nimlos, Sunkyu Park, William Sagues

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Abstract

The demand for electrochemical energy storage is increasing rapidly due to a combination of decreasing costs in renewable electricity, governmental policies promoting electrification, and a desire by the public to decrease CO2 emissions. Lithium-ion batteries are the leading form of electrochemical energy storage for electric vehicles and the electrical grid. Lithium-ion cell anodes are mostly made of graphite, which is derived from geographically constrained, non-renewable resources using energy-intensive and highly polluting processes. Thus, there is a desire to innovate technologies that utilize abundant, affordable, and renewable carbonaceous materials for the sustainable production of graphite anodes under relatively mild process conditions. This review highlights novel attempts to realize the aforementioned benefits through innovative technologies that convert biocarbon resources, including lignocellulose, into high quality graphite for use in lithium-ion anodes.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages14
JournalChemSusChem
Volume16
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-2800-87479

Keywords

  • anode
  • biomass
  • catalysis
  • graphite
  • Li-ion

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