title: Two-Dimensional Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries.
abstract: The exponential increase in research focused on two-dimensional (2D) metal oxides has offered an unprecedented opportunity for their use in energy conversion and storage devices, especially for promising next-generation rechargeable batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (NIBs), as well as some post-lithium batteries, including lithium-sulfur batteries, lithium-air batteries, etc. The introduction of well-designed 2D metal oxide nanomaterials into next-generation rechargeable batteries has significantly enhanced the performance of these energy-storage devices by providing higher chemically active interfaces, shortened ion-diffusion lengths, and improved in-plane carrier-/charge-transport kinetics, which have greatly promoted the development of nanotechnology and the practical application of rechargeable batteries. Here, the recent progress in the application of 2D metal oxide nanomaterials in a series of rechargeable LIBs, NIBs, and other post lithium-ion batteries is reviewed relatively comprehensively. Current opportunities and future challenges for the application of 2D nanomaterials in energy-storage devices to achieve high energy density, high power density, stable cyclability, etc. are summarized and outlined. It is believed that the integration of 2D metal oxide nanomaterials in these clean energy devices offers great opportunities to address challenges driven by increasing global energy demands.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.|Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Liangzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Ziqi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
keywords: 2D materials; batteries; graphene; metal oxides; nanosheets