title: Self-supported Zn3P2 nanowire arrays grafted on carbon fabrics as an advanced integrated anode for flexible lithium ion batteries.
abstract: We, for the first time, successfully grafted well-aligned binary lithium-reactive zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) nanowire arrays on carbon fabric cloth by a facile CVD method. When applied as a novel self-supported binder-free anode for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), the hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) integrated anode shows excellent electrochemical performances: a highly reversible initial lithium storage capacity of ca. 1200 mA h g(-1) with a coulombic efficiency of up to 88%, a long lifespan of over 200 cycles without obvious decay, and a high rate capability of ca. 400 mA h g(-1) capacity retention at an ultrahigh rate of 15 A g(-1). More interestingly, a flexible LIB full cell is assembled based on the as-synthesized integrated anode and the commercial LiFePO4 cathode, and shows striking lithium storage performances very close to the half cells: a large reversible capacity over 1000 mA h g(-1), a long cycle life of over 200 cycles without obvious decay, and an ultrahigh rate performance of ca. 300 mA h g(-1) even at 20 A g(-1). Considering the excellent lithium storage performances of coin-type half cells as well as flexible full cells, the as-prepared carbon cloth grafted well-aligned Zn3P2 nanowire arrays would be a promising integrated anode for flexible LIB full cell devices.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wenwu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Linbo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yaqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Huiqiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China. gzshen@semi.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Guozhen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Tianyou
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhai