For energy storage system,it is still a huge challenge to achieve high energy density and high power density simultaneously.One potential solution is to fabricate electrochemical capacitors(ECs),which store electric e...For energy storage system,it is still a huge challenge to achieve high energy density and high power density simultaneously.One potential solution is to fabricate electrochemical capacitors(ECs),which store electric energy through surface ion adsorption or redox reactions.Here we report a new electrode material,heavy nitrogen-doped(9.29 at.%)black titania(TiO2-x:N).This unique hybrid material,consisting of conductive amorphous shells supported on nanocrystalline cores,has rapid N-mediated redox reaction(TiO2-xNy+zH++ze■-TiO2-xNyHz),especially in acidic solutions,providing a specific capacitance of 750 Fg-1at 2 m V s-1(707 Fg-1at 1 A g-1),great rate capability(503 F g-1at 20 Ag-1),and maintain stable after initial fading.Being a new developed supercapacitor material,nitrogen-doped black titania may revive the oxide-based supercapacitors.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National key R&D Program of China(2016YFB0901600)the Key Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDJ-SSWJSC013)Chen IW was supported by U.S.Department of Energy BES grant DE-FG02-11ER46814used the facilities(Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter)supported by NSF grant DMR-1120901。
文摘For energy storage system,it is still a huge challenge to achieve high energy density and high power density simultaneously.One potential solution is to fabricate electrochemical capacitors(ECs),which store electric energy through surface ion adsorption or redox reactions.Here we report a new electrode material,heavy nitrogen-doped(9.29 at.%)black titania(TiO2-x:N).This unique hybrid material,consisting of conductive amorphous shells supported on nanocrystalline cores,has rapid N-mediated redox reaction(TiO2-xNy+zH++ze■-TiO2-xNyHz),especially in acidic solutions,providing a specific capacitance of 750 Fg-1at 2 m V s-1(707 Fg-1at 1 A g-1),great rate capability(503 F g-1at 20 Ag-1),and maintain stable after initial fading.Being a new developed supercapacitor material,nitrogen-doped black titania may revive the oxide-based supercapacitors.
