Flexible zinc-ion batteries(ZIBs)are promising power sources for portable devices due to their high safety and low production cost.However,the low mass-loading and limited areal capacity of cathode materials are the m...Flexible zinc-ion batteries(ZIBs)are promising power sources for portable devices due to their high safety and low production cost.However,the low mass-loading and limited areal capacity of cathode materials are the major problems blocking the practicability of ZIBs.Herein,a high mass-loading and binder-free flexible vanadium oxide(MCV@CC)cathode with a large areal capacity was fabricated via the bridge effect of MXene.The functional MXene bridge induces the growth of the vanadium oxide active layer on the carbon cloth(CC)flexible substrate.The binder-free cathode can reduce the electrochemically inactive weight of the whole electrode,which enhances the energy density of ZIBs.Consequently,the MCV@CC cathode(mass-loading of∼7 mg cm^(−2))delivers a desirable areal capacity(2.36 mAh cm^(−2))and good cycling stability(capacity retention of 86.1%after 1200 cycles at 10 mA cm^(−2)).Moreover,several ex-situ characterization results indicate that the reaction mechanism upon battery cycling is based on the reversible Zn^(2+)/H^(+)(de)intercalation in the vanadium oxide interlayer.Furthermore,the assembled quasi-solid-state MCV@CC//Zn flexible battery exhibits decent performance at different bending states.Such a bridge effect strategy sheds light on the construction of high mass-loading flexible electrodes for ZIBs applications.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.52072094)the Science Foundation of the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environ-ments (Grant No.6142905192507)+1 种基金the Shenzhen Constantly-supported Project for Universities and Colleges in 2021 (Nos.GXWD20201230155427003-20200821232246001)the Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipal-ity (Grant No.CJGJZD20210408092200002).
文摘Flexible zinc-ion batteries(ZIBs)are promising power sources for portable devices due to their high safety and low production cost.However,the low mass-loading and limited areal capacity of cathode materials are the major problems blocking the practicability of ZIBs.Herein,a high mass-loading and binder-free flexible vanadium oxide(MCV@CC)cathode with a large areal capacity was fabricated via the bridge effect of MXene.The functional MXene bridge induces the growth of the vanadium oxide active layer on the carbon cloth(CC)flexible substrate.The binder-free cathode can reduce the electrochemically inactive weight of the whole electrode,which enhances the energy density of ZIBs.Consequently,the MCV@CC cathode(mass-loading of∼7 mg cm^(−2))delivers a desirable areal capacity(2.36 mAh cm^(−2))and good cycling stability(capacity retention of 86.1%after 1200 cycles at 10 mA cm^(−2)).Moreover,several ex-situ characterization results indicate that the reaction mechanism upon battery cycling is based on the reversible Zn^(2+)/H^(+)(de)intercalation in the vanadium oxide interlayer.Furthermore,the assembled quasi-solid-state MCV@CC//Zn flexible battery exhibits decent performance at different bending states.Such a bridge effect strategy sheds light on the construction of high mass-loading flexible electrodes for ZIBs applications.
