TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploratory study of the electrochemical properties of local cassava starch as a potential green and sustainable polymer binder for energy storage application
AU - Mohammed, Latifatu
AU - Tamakloe, Wilson
AU - Doodo-Arhin, David
AU - Adomah, Rejart
AU - Zainudeen, Mohammed Nafiu
AU - Opoku, Juliet
AU - Nyamful, Andrew
AU - Agyei-Tuffour, Benjamin
AU - Nyarko, Alex
AU - Mohammed, Mutala
AU - Ampomah-Benefo, Kofi
AU - Tagbor, Trinity Ama
AU - Agyenim, Francis
AU - Ko, Jang Myoun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Materials Research Society.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - The need to develop an aqueous-based binder has dominated research publications for some time now. The application of this man-made aqueous-based binder in LIBs has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of LIB. In this preliminary study, local cassava starch is treated and prepared as a polymer binder for LIBs application. The binder is applied in lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides electrodes as a cathode in LIBs. The electrodes displayed a discharge capacity of 142 mAh/g and 73 mAh/g for LiNMCO-442/Cassava starch and 139 and 28 mAh/g for LiNMCO-442/PVDF at 0.1 C-rate and 10 C-rate respectively. After 100 cycles, the LiNMCO-442 cells retained about 80.2 and 65.5% for the cells with cassava starch binder and PVDF binder, respectively, at room temperature. The fairly electrochemical performance of the local cassava starch makes it a potential alternative to the petroleum-based binder, PVDF. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
AB - The need to develop an aqueous-based binder has dominated research publications for some time now. The application of this man-made aqueous-based binder in LIBs has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of LIB. In this preliminary study, local cassava starch is treated and prepared as a polymer binder for LIBs application. The binder is applied in lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides electrodes as a cathode in LIBs. The electrodes displayed a discharge capacity of 142 mAh/g and 73 mAh/g for LiNMCO-442/Cassava starch and 139 and 28 mAh/g for LiNMCO-442/PVDF at 0.1 C-rate and 10 C-rate respectively. After 100 cycles, the LiNMCO-442 cells retained about 80.2 and 65.5% for the cells with cassava starch binder and PVDF binder, respectively, at room temperature. The fairly electrochemical performance of the local cassava starch makes it a potential alternative to the petroleum-based binder, PVDF. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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U2 - 10.1557/s43580-023-00608-z
DO - 10.1557/s43580-023-00608-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165623256
SN - 2059-8521
VL - 8
SP - 708
EP - 713
JO - MRS Advances
JF - MRS Advances
IS - 12
ER -