As promising electrode materials,transition metal oxides have attracted considerable attention owing to their excellent performance in electrochemical energy storage.However,their poor conductivity and fragile structu...As promising electrode materials,transition metal oxides have attracted considerable attention owing to their excellent performance in electrochemical energy storage.However,their poor conductivity and fragile structure limit their practical application.In this study,a binder-free nickel oxide/oxynitride network(NiON WS)bifunctional electrodes with cation multivalent states that exhibit high energy storage performance were synthesized for the first time.The massive active sites,high specific surface areas,and multiple cation valence states of NiON WS were advantageous for electrochemical redox reaction during its application in supercapacitors(1283.5 mF cm^(-2))and lithium-ion batteries(1345.0 mA h g^(-1)).Particularly,the NiON WS based flexible asymmetric SCs exhibit excellent capacitance and energy densities.First-principle calculations were employed to study the mechanism of the electrochemical performance improvement of NiON WS.This study demonstrates the potential of transition metal oxides electrode with high capacity and activity for electrochemical energy storage and conversion.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,China(Contract 51872164)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Contract ZR2018MEM013)+1 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,China(Contract 2019TQ0172,2019M662349)Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program,China(Contract 2019GGX103010)。
文摘As promising electrode materials,transition metal oxides have attracted considerable attention owing to their excellent performance in electrochemical energy storage.However,their poor conductivity and fragile structure limit their practical application.In this study,a binder-free nickel oxide/oxynitride network(NiON WS)bifunctional electrodes with cation multivalent states that exhibit high energy storage performance were synthesized for the first time.The massive active sites,high specific surface areas,and multiple cation valence states of NiON WS were advantageous for electrochemical redox reaction during its application in supercapacitors(1283.5 mF cm^(-2))and lithium-ion batteries(1345.0 mA h g^(-1)).Particularly,the NiON WS based flexible asymmetric SCs exhibit excellent capacitance and energy densities.First-principle calculations were employed to study the mechanism of the electrochemical performance improvement of NiON WS.This study demonstrates the potential of transition metal oxides electrode with high capacity and activity for electrochemical energy storage and conversion.