Heteroatoms doping has been regarded as a promising route to modulate the physiochemical properties of electrode materials,in which the doping sites greatly influence the electrochemical performances.However,very few ...Heteroatoms doping has been regarded as a promising route to modulate the physiochemical properties of electrode materials,in which the doping sites greatly influence the electrochemical performances.However,very few reports focus on enhancing the lithium storage performances of Nb_(2)O_(5) via heteroatoms doping,yet the effect of different doping sites remains unclear.Herein,nitrogen doping has been proposed to improve the fast-charging capability of orthorhombic Nb_(2)O_(5)(T-Nb_(2)O_(5))via a urea-assisted annealing process.Experimental data and theoretical calculation demonstrate that the N doping sites in T-Nb_(2)O_(5) can be tuned by the heating rate,in which substitutional N can increase the spacing of the Li^(+)transport layer as well as reduce the band gap,while interstitial N can provide an electron-rich environment for Li^(+)transport layer and then reduce the Li^(+)diffusion barrier.Arising from the synergistic effect of N doping at different sites,the N-doped T-Nb_(2)O_(5) without carbon coating delivers impressive rate performance(104.6 mA h g^(-1) at 25 C)as well as enhanced cycle stability with a retention of 70.5%over1000 cycles at 5 C.In addition,the assembled lithium ion capacitor exhibits a high energy density of46.6 Wh kg^(-1) even at high power density of 8.4 kW kg^(-1).展开更多
基金the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(51874142)Tip-top Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong Special Support Program(2019TQ05L903)Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2019QNRC001)。
文摘Heteroatoms doping has been regarded as a promising route to modulate the physiochemical properties of electrode materials,in which the doping sites greatly influence the electrochemical performances.However,very few reports focus on enhancing the lithium storage performances of Nb_(2)O_(5) via heteroatoms doping,yet the effect of different doping sites remains unclear.Herein,nitrogen doping has been proposed to improve the fast-charging capability of orthorhombic Nb_(2)O_(5)(T-Nb_(2)O_(5))via a urea-assisted annealing process.Experimental data and theoretical calculation demonstrate that the N doping sites in T-Nb_(2)O_(5) can be tuned by the heating rate,in which substitutional N can increase the spacing of the Li^(+)transport layer as well as reduce the band gap,while interstitial N can provide an electron-rich environment for Li^(+)transport layer and then reduce the Li^(+)diffusion barrier.Arising from the synergistic effect of N doping at different sites,the N-doped T-Nb_(2)O_(5) without carbon coating delivers impressive rate performance(104.6 mA h g^(-1) at 25 C)as well as enhanced cycle stability with a retention of 70.5%over1000 cycles at 5 C.In addition,the assembled lithium ion capacitor exhibits a high energy density of46.6 Wh kg^(-1) even at high power density of 8.4 kW kg^(-1).
