具有可调电子结构的无定型羟基硫化钴纳米片用于高性能电化学储能

Amorphous cobalt hydroxysulfide nanosheets with regulated electronic structure for high-performance electrochemical energy storage

赝电容超级电容器具有高功率密度、超长寿命以及可靠的安全性,使其在能源转化和存储中扮演着重要角色.但是,设计具有高容量、优异倍率性能以及出色的机械稳定性的电极材料依旧是一个挑战.本工作中,我们采用室温部分硫化策略来调节氢氧化钴纳米片的电子结构和晶态.得到的羟基硫化钴具有无定形结构,同时还有丰富的低价钴离子.三电极体系下,该电极在电流密度为1 A g^-1时的比电容达2110 F g^-1,当电流密度增大至10 A g^-1时容量仍有92.1%的保留,容量和倍率性能都远高于氢氧化钴前驱体(916 F g^-1@1 A g^-1,10 A g^-1的比电容保留率为80%).此外,利用该电极与商业活性炭组成的不对称电容器具有44.9 W h kg^-1的高能量密度以及优异的稳定性(8000次循环后仅衰减4%).

Pseudocapacitors with high power density,longterm durability,as well as reliable safety,play a key role in energy conversion and storage.Designing electrode materials combing the features of high specific capacitance,excellent rate performance,and outstanding mechanical stability is still a challenge.Herein,a facile partial sulfurization strategy has been developed to modulate the electronic structure and crystalline texture of cobalt hydroxide nanosheets(denoted as Co(OH)2)at room temperature.The resultant cobalt hydroxysulfide nanosheet(denoted as Co SOH)electrode with abundant low-valence cobalt species and amorphous structure,exhibits a high specific capacitance of 2110 F g^-1at1 A g^-1with an excellent capability retention rate of 92.1%at10 A g^-1,which is much larger than that of Co(OH)2 precursor(916 F g^-1at 1 A g^-1 and 80%retention at 10 A g^-1).Furthermore,the fabricated asymmetric supercapacitor device constructed with Co SOH and active carbon displays a considerable high energy density of 44.9 W h kg^-1at a power density of 400 W kg^-1,and exceptional stability after 8000cycles.