Aqueous Zinc-ion batteries(ZIB) are attracting immense attention because of their merits of excellent safety and quite cheap properties compared with lithium-ion batteries(LIB).Manganese oxide is one of the most impor...Aqueous Zinc-ion batteries(ZIB) are attracting immense attention because of their merits of excellent safety and quite cheap properties compared with lithium-ion batteries(LIB).Manganese oxide is one of the most important cathode materials of ZIB.In this paper,α-Mn2O3 used as cathode of ZIB is synthesized via Metal-Organic Framework(MOF)-derived method,which delivers a high specific capacity of225 mAh g^(-1) at 0.05 A g^(-1) and 92.7 mAh g^(-1) after 1700 cycles at 2 A g^(-1).The charge storage mechanism of α-Mn2O3 cathode is found to greatly depend on the discharge current density.At lower current density discharging,the H+ and Zn2+ are successively intercalated into the α-Mn2O3 before and after the "turning point" of discharge voltage and their discharging products present obviously different morphologies changing from flower-like to large plate-like products.At a higher current density,the low-voltage plateau after the turning point disappears due to the decrease of amount of Zn2+ intercalation and the H+intercalation is dominated in α-Mn2 O3.This study provides significant understanding for future design and research of high-performance Mn-based cathodes of ZIB.展开更多
Carbon-based material has been regarded as one of the most promising electrode materials for potassium-ion batteries(PIBs).However,the battery performance based on reported porous carbon electrodes is still unsatisfac...Carbon-based material has been regarded as one of the most promising electrode materials for potassium-ion batteries(PIBs).However,the battery performance based on reported porous carbon electrodes is still unsatisfactory,while the in-depth K-ion storage mechanism remains relatively ambiguous.Herein,we propose a facile“in situ self-template bubbling”method for synthesizing interlayer-tuned hierarchically porous carbon with different metallic ions,which delivers superior K-ion storage performance,especially the high reversible capacity(360.6 mAh·g^(−1)@0.05 A·g^(−1)),excellent rate capability(158.6 mAh·g^(−1)@10.0 A·g^(−1))and ultralong high-rate cycling stability(82.8%capacity retention after 2,000 cycles at 5.0 A·g^(−1)).Theoretical simulation reveals the correlations between interlayer distance and K-ion diffusion kinetics.Experimentally,deliberately designed consecutive cyclic voltammetry(CV)measurements,ex situ Raman tests,galvanostatic intermittent titration technique(GITT)method decipher the origin of the excellent rate performance by disentangling the synergistic effect of interlayer and pore-structure engineering.Considering the facile preparation strategy,superior electrochemical performance and insightful mechanism investigations,this work may deepen the fundamental understandings of carbon-based PIBs and related energy storage devices like sodium-ion batteries,aluminum-ion batteries,electrochemical capacitors,and dual-ion batteries.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21973022)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2023A1515012353).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51672156)Local Innovative Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program (No. 2017BT01N111)+2 种基金Guangdong Province Technical Plan Project (2017B010119001)Shenzhen Technical Plan Project (JCYJ20170817161221958 and JCYJ20170412170706047)Shenzhen Graphene Manufacturing Innovation Center (201901161513)。
文摘Aqueous Zinc-ion batteries(ZIB) are attracting immense attention because of their merits of excellent safety and quite cheap properties compared with lithium-ion batteries(LIB).Manganese oxide is one of the most important cathode materials of ZIB.In this paper,α-Mn2O3 used as cathode of ZIB is synthesized via Metal-Organic Framework(MOF)-derived method,which delivers a high specific capacity of225 mAh g^(-1) at 0.05 A g^(-1) and 92.7 mAh g^(-1) after 1700 cycles at 2 A g^(-1).The charge storage mechanism of α-Mn2O3 cathode is found to greatly depend on the discharge current density.At lower current density discharging,the H+ and Zn2+ are successively intercalated into the α-Mn2O3 before and after the "turning point" of discharge voltage and their discharging products present obviously different morphologies changing from flower-like to large plate-like products.At a higher current density,the low-voltage plateau after the turning point disappears due to the decrease of amount of Zn2+ intercalation and the H+intercalation is dominated in α-Mn2 O3.This study provides significant understanding for future design and research of high-performance Mn-based cathodes of ZIB.
基金supported by the School Research Startup Expenses of Harbin Institute of Technology(Shenzhen)(DD29100027)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52002094)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M661276)Guangdong Basic and AppliedBasic Research Foundation(2019A1515110756)the High-level Talents Discipline Construction Fund of Shandong University(31370089963078)。
基金This work was supported by School Research Startup Expenses of Harbin Institute of Technology(Shenzhen)(No.DD29100027)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52002094)+2 种基金Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2019A1515110756)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2019M661276)High-level Talents’Discipline Construction Fund of Shandong University(No.31370089963078).
文摘Carbon-based material has been regarded as one of the most promising electrode materials for potassium-ion batteries(PIBs).However,the battery performance based on reported porous carbon electrodes is still unsatisfactory,while the in-depth K-ion storage mechanism remains relatively ambiguous.Herein,we propose a facile“in situ self-template bubbling”method for synthesizing interlayer-tuned hierarchically porous carbon with different metallic ions,which delivers superior K-ion storage performance,especially the high reversible capacity(360.6 mAh·g^(−1)@0.05 A·g^(−1)),excellent rate capability(158.6 mAh·g^(−1)@10.0 A·g^(−1))and ultralong high-rate cycling stability(82.8%capacity retention after 2,000 cycles at 5.0 A·g^(−1)).Theoretical simulation reveals the correlations between interlayer distance and K-ion diffusion kinetics.Experimentally,deliberately designed consecutive cyclic voltammetry(CV)measurements,ex situ Raman tests,galvanostatic intermittent titration technique(GITT)method decipher the origin of the excellent rate performance by disentangling the synergistic effect of interlayer and pore-structure engineering.Considering the facile preparation strategy,superior electrochemical performance and insightful mechanism investigations,this work may deepen the fundamental understandings of carbon-based PIBs and related energy storage devices like sodium-ion batteries,aluminum-ion batteries,electrochemical capacitors,and dual-ion batteries.
