Carbon fibre based electrodes for structural batteries

Rob Gray; Thomas Barthelay; Chris R. Bowen; Frank Marken; Alexander J.G. Lunt; Leif E. Asp; Dan Zenkert; Paloma Santana Rodriguez; Johanna Xu; Karl Bouton; Andrew T. Rhead

doi:10.1039/d4ta01008f

Carbon fibre based electrodes for structural batteries

Rob Gray, Thomas Barthelay, Chris R. Bowen, Frank Marken, Alexander J.G. Lunt, Leif E. Asp, Dan Zenkert, Paloma Santana Rodriguez, Johanna Xu, Karl Bouton, Andrew T. Rhead

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Abstract

Carbon fibre based electrodes offer the potential to significantly improve the combined electrochemical and mechanical performance of structural batteries in future electrified transport. This review compares carbon fibre based electrodes to existing structural battery electrodes and identifies how both the electrochemical and mechanical performance can be improved. In terms of electrochemical performance achieved to date, carbon fibre based anodes outperform structural anode materials, whilst carbon fibre based cathodes offer similar performance to structural cathode materials. In addition, while the application of coating materials to carbon fibre based electrodes can lead to improved tensile strength compared to that of uncoated carbon fibres, the available mechanical property data are limited; a key future research avenue is to understand the influence of interfaces in carbon fibre based electrodes, which are critical to overall mechanical integrity. This review of carbon fibre based electrode materials, and their assembly strategies, highlights that research should focus on sustainable electrode materials and scalable assembly strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25580-25599
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	12
Issue number	38
Early online date	8 Aug 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ta01008f
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2024

Data Availability Statement

No primary research results, software or code have been included and no new data were generated or analysed as part of this review.

Funding

The U.S. Office of Naval Research, Contract No. N62909-22-1-2035, 2D TECH VINNOVA competence Center, Ref. 2019-00068 and GKN Aerospace are acknowledged. Robert Gray and Thomas Barthelay are supported by a scholarship from the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (AAPS), under the project EP/S023364/1.

Funders	Funder number
Office of Naval Research	2019-00068, N62909-22-1-2035
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EP/S023364/1

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General Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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