Low cycling stability is one of the most crucial issues in rechargeable batteries. Herein, we study the effects of a simple ultrasound treatment of graphite for the reversible (de)intercalation of a ClO4- anion from a 2.4 M Al(ClO4)3 aqueous solution. We demonstrate that the ultrasound-treated graphite offers the improved reversibility of the ClO4- anion (de)intercalation compared with the untreated samples. The ex situ and in situ Raman spectroelectrochemistry and X-ray diffraction analysis of the ultrasound-treated materials shows no change in the interlayer spacing, a mild increase in the stacking order, and a large increase in the amount of defects in the lattice accompanied by a decrease in the lateral crystallite size. The smaller flakes of the ultrasonicated natural graphite facilitate the improved reversibility of the ClO4- anion electrochemical (de)intercalation and a more stable electrochemical performance with a cycle life of over 300 cycles.

Department of Physical Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Hlavova 2030 128 43 Prague Czech Republic

FZU Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnicka 10 112 162 00 Prague Czech Republic

J Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry Czech Academy of Sciences Dolejskova 2155 3 183 23 Prague Czech Republic

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