As an emerging post-lithium battery technology, aluminum ion batteries (AIBs) have the advantages of large Al reserves and high safety, and have great potential to be applied to power grid energy storage. But current ...
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As an emerging post-lithium battery technology, aluminum ion batteries (AIBs) have the advantages of large Al reserves and high safety, and have great potential to be applied to power grid energy storage. But current graphite cathode materials are limited in charge storage capacity due to the formation of stage-4 graphite-intercalated compounds (GICs) in the fully charged state. Herein, we propose a new type of cathode materials for AIBs, namely polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which resemble graphite in terms of the large conjugated π bond, but do not form GICs in the charge process. Quantum chemistry calculations show that PAHs can bind AlCl 4 − through the interaction between the conjugated π bond in the PAHs and AlCl 4 − , forming on-plane interactions. The theoretical specific capacity of PAHs is negatively correlated with the number of benzene rings in the PAHs. Then, under the guidance of theoretical calculations, anthracene, a three-ring PAH, was evaluated as a cathode material for AIBs. Electrochemical measurements show that anthracene has a high specific capacity of 157 mAh g −1 (at 100 mA g −1 ) and still maintains a specific capacity of 130 mAh g −1 after 800 cycles. This work provides a feasible “theory guides practice” research model for the development of energy storage materials, and also provides a new class of promising cathode materials for AIBs.
Balancing electrochemical activity and structural reversibility of fibrous electrodes with accelerated Faradaic charge transfer kinetics and pseudocapacitive storage are highly crucial for fiber-shaped supercapacitors...
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Balancing electrochemical activity and structural reversibility of fibrous electrodes with accelerated Faradaic charge transfer kinetics and pseudocapacitive storage are highly crucial for fiber-shaped supercapacitors (FSCs). Herein, we report novel core–shell hierarchical fibers for high-performance FSCs, in which the ordered NiCoMoS nanosheets arrays are chemically anchored on Ti 3 C 2 T x fibers. Beneficial from architecting stable polymetallic sulfide arrays and conductive networks, the NiCoMoS−Ti 3 C 2 T x fiber maintains fast charge transfer, low diffusion and OH − adsorption barrier, and stabilized multi-electronic reaction kinetics of polymetallic sulfide. Consequently, the NiCoMoS−Ti 3 C 2 T x fiber exhibits a large volumetric capacitance (2472.3 F cm −3 ) and reversible cycling performance (20,000 cycles). In addition, the solid-state symmetric FSCs deliver a high energy density of 50.6 mWh cm −3 and bending stability, which can significantly power electronic devices and offer sensitive detection for dopamine.
The synthesis of novel metal-organic coordination polymers (MOCP) with the chemical formula [Mn2L(SCN)2(OH)2]***3OH [L=1,5-bis(pyridine-4-ylmethylene) carbonohydrazide] {1} was accomplished usi...
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Prussian blue analogues are highly promising electrode materials due to their versatile electrochemical activity and low cost. However, they often suffer from severe structural damage caused by the Jahn–Teller distor...
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Prussian blue analogues are highly promising electrode materials due to their versatile electrochemical activity and low cost. However, they often suffer from severe structural damage caused by the Jahn–Teller distortion and dissolution of high-spin outer metal ions, resulting in poor cycle life. Material modification and electrolyte regulation have been the common approaches to address this issue, albeit with very limited success. We report here a novel and efficient strategy to preserve structural stability by co-inserting Co 2+ and Zn 2+ ions in KCo[Fe(CN) 6 ]. This co-insertion induced a spontaneous and reversible phase conversion by the replacement of low-spin inner ion (Fe 3+ ), which efficiently relieves structural damage caused by Jahn–Teller distortion and metal-ion dissolution, leading to an outstanding Zn 2+ storage capacity and an exceptional improvement of cycle life with a capacity retention of 97.7 % over 4400 cycles at 40 C. We also demonstrated the enhancement of co-intercalation on ion migration using a combined approach of experimental and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This work provides an important progress to solve the cycle stability of Prussian blue analogues towards their practical application as electrode materials for aqueous batteries.
Realizing high energy-density and actual applications of fibre-based electrochemical supercapacitors (FESCs) are pivotal but challenging, as the ability to construct advanced fibres for accelerating charges kinetic di...
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Realizing high energy-density and actual applications of fibre-based electrochemical supercapacitors (FESCs) are pivotal but challenging, as the ability to construct advanced fibres for accelerating charges kinetic diffusion and Faradaic storage remain key bottlenecks. Here, we demonstrate high-performance FESCs based on hetero-structured polymetallic oxides/porous graphene core–sheath fibres, where the large pseudo-active polymetallic oxide (PMO) sheath is uniformly loaded on a hierarchical porous graphene fibre (PGF) core. Due to the abundant micro-/mesoporous pathways, large accessible surface, excellent redox activity and good interface electron conduction, the PMO-PGF possesses high areal capacitance (2959.78 mF cm −2 ) and manageable Faradaic reversibility in a 6 M KOH electrolyte. Furthermore, the PMO-PGF-based solid-state FESCs present high energy-density (187.22 μ Wh cm −2 ), long-life cycles (95.8 % capacitive retention after 20 000 cycles), diverse-powered capabilities and actual energy-supply applications.
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