Selenium vacancy-rich and heteroatom-doped CoSe/Mo_(2)CTx MXene prepared using ionic liquid dopants for pH-universal hydrogen evolution and flexible supercapacitors

Vacancy engineering is a useful methodology in the development of catalysts and electrode materials.Herein,we report the introduction of Se-vacancy pairs in heteroatom-doped(N,B,and F)CoSe/Mo_(2)CT_(x) MXene(NBF-CoSe/Mo_(2)CT_(x))to enhance the hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)and supercapacitor activities via an ionic liquid-mediated method.Se vacancy pairs and heteroatom doping enable the reallocation of local electron states and add active sites,improving the electrochemical activity of NBF-CoSe/Mo_(2)CT_(x) with high HER activities over a broad range of pH.At a current density of 10 mA cm^(-2),overvoltages of 70 and 81 mV are respectively produced in 0.5 M H_(2)SO_(4)and 1 M KOH.The optimal structure also exhibits outstanding electrochemical performance in an asymmetric supercapacitor with an energy density of 34.2 Wh kg^(-1)at a power density of 15989.6Wkg^(-1).This study opens new avenues for the introduction of Se vacancies and heteroatom doping to improve the application performance.

Biologically inspired anthraquinone redox centers and biomass graphene for renewable colloidal gels toward ultrahigh-performance flexible micro-supercapacitors

Biomass carbon and small redox biomolecules are attractive materials for green,sustainable energy storage devices owing to their environmentally friendly,low-cost,scalable,and novel sources.However,most devices manufactured using these materials have low specific capacitance,poor cycle stability,short lifetime,complexity,and low precision of device fabrication.Herein,we report the directed self-assembly of mononuclear anthraquinone(MAQ)derivatives and porous lignin-based graphene oxide(PLGO)into a renewable colloidal gel through noncovalent interactions.These self-assembled gel electrode materials exhibited high capacitance(484.8 F g^(−1) at a current density of 1 A g^(−1))and could be further printed as flexible micro-supercapacitors(FMSCs)with arbitrary patterns and a relatively high resolution on specific substrates.The FMSCs exhibited excellent areal capacitance(43.6 mF cm^(−2)),energy and power densities(6.1μWh cm^(−2) and 50μW cm^(−2),respectively),and cycle stability(>10,000 cycles).Furthermore,the printed FMSCs and integrated FMSC arrays exhibited remarkable flexibility while maintaining a stable capacitance.The proposed approach can be applied to other quinone biomolecules and biomass-based carbon materials.This study provides a basis for fabricating green and sustainable energy storage device architectures with high capacitance,long-term cycling,high scalability,and high precision.