Latest ArticlesAs electrodes, two-dimensional materials show special advantages including the infinite planar lengths, broad electrochemical window, large surface-volume ratio, and much exposed active sites. In theory, the two-dimensional materials consist of the elements with high electronegativity may absorb more Na atoms, resulting in a high battery storage capacity. Based on the above idea, we selected the two dimensional metallic PS2 with 1T-Type structure as an anode material, and explored its potential applications as an electrode material for Na-ion battery through first-principle calculations. As we expected, when two dimensional PS2 is used as an anode in Na-ion battery, it can adsorb maximum three layers of sodium atoms on both sides of the monolayer, resulting in a maximum theoretical capacity of 1692 mAh/g. Furthermore, it also possesses a rather small sodium diffusion barrier of 0.17 eV, a low average open-circuit voltage of 0.18 V, and a relatively small lattice changes within 13% during the intercalation of Na. These results suggested that the two dimensional PS2 is a potentially excellent Na-ion battery anode. Our idea of designing two-dimensional anode materials with high storage capacity may provide some references for designing the next generation anode materials of metal-ion batteries.
Aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ARZIBs) are expected to replace organic electrolyte batteries owing to its low price, safe and environmentally friendly characteristics. Herein, we fabricated vanadium-based Na1.25V3O8 nanosheets as a cathode material for ARZIBs, which present a high performance by electrochemical de-sodium at high voltage to form Na2V6O16 phase in the first cycle: high capacity of 390 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g, high rate performance (162 mAh/g at 10 A/g) and superior cycle stability (179 mAh/g with a high capacity retention of 88.2% of the maximum capacity after 2000 cycles). In addition, the cell exhibits a high energy density of 416.9 Wh/kg at 143.6 W/kg, suggesting great potential of the as-prepared Na1.25V3O8 nanosheets for ARZIBs.
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have received extensive attention due to their high theoretical specific energy density. However, the utilization of sulfur is seriously reduced by the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides and the low conductivity of sulfur and lithium sulfide (Li2S). Herein, we introduced bimetalorganic frameworks (Co/Zn-ZIF) derived cobalt and nitrogen-doped carbons (Co/N-C) into Li-S batteries through host design and separator modification. The Co/N-C in Li-S batteries effectively limits the shuttle effect through simultaneously serving as polysulfide traps and chemical catalyst. As a result, the Li-S batteries deliver a high reversible capacity of 1614.5 mAh/g and superior long-term cycling stability with a negligible capacity decay of only 0.04% per cycle after 1000 cycles. Furthermore, they have a high area capacity of 5.5 mAh/cm2.
Conductive MOFs could exhibit full potential as integrated electrode materials for supercapacitors without interference from additional conductive additives. Here we report an anionic Co-MOF cage with zeolite framework, which was balanced by the redox-active guest [Co(H2O)6]2+ and protonated [(CH3)2NH2]2+ ions. Benefit from the unique ion skeleton structure, Co-MOF exhibits a conductivity higher than most of reported MOFs with the value of 1.42×10-3 S/cm, which can be directly fabricated as electrode for supercapacitors. A maximum specific capacitance of 236.2 F/g can be achieved at a current density of 1 A/g of Co-MOF. Additionally, the electric performance and morphology of this Co-MOF can be modified by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and the maximum specific capacitance could increase up to 334 F/g at 1 A/g when the ratio of ligand and CTAB is 1:6 (Co-MOF-6). Furthermore, the specific capacitance can retain at 64.04% and 77.92% of the initial value after 3000 cycles of Co-MOF and Co-CTAB-6, respectively. Obviously, the addition of CTAB further improves both capacitance and cycle stability.
Zinc-based electrochemistry energy storage with high safety and high theoretical capacity is considered to be a competitive candidate to replace lithium-ion batteries. In electrochemical energy storage, multimetal oxide cathode materials can generally provide a wider electrochemical stability window and a higher capacity compared with single metal oxides cathode. Here, a new type of cathode material, MnFe2Co3O8 nanodots/functional graphene sheets, is designed and used for aqueous hybrid Zn-based energy storage. Coupling with a hybrid electrolyte based on zinc sulfate and potassium hydroxide, the asfabricated battery was able to work with a wide electrochemical window of 0.1~1.8 V, showed a high specific capacity of 660 mAh/g, delivered an ultrahigh energy density of 1135 Wh/kg and a scalable power density of 5754 W/kg (calculated based on the cathode), and displayed a long cycling life of 1000 cycles. These are mainly attributed to the valence charge density distribution in MnFe2Co3O8 nanodots, the good structural strengthening as well as high conductivity of the cathode, and the right electrolyte. Such cathode material also exhibited high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction and thus could be used for constructing a Zn-air battery with an ultrahigh reversible capacity of 9556 mAh/g.
Transition metal oxides with high capacity are considered a promising electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Nevertheless, the huge volume expansion and poor conductivity severely hamper their practical application. In this work, a carbon riveting method is reported to address the above issues by designing multilayered N-doped carbon (N-carbon) enveloped Fe3O4/graphene nanosheets. When evaluated as a negative electrode, the N-carbon/Fe3O4/graphene nanocomposites demonstrate greatly enhanced electrochemical properties compared with Fe3O4/graphene. The N-carbon/Fe3O4/graphene presents a superior reversible capacity (807 mAh/g) over Fe3O4/graphene (540 mAh/g). Furthermore, it affords a considerable capacity of 550 mAh/g at 1 A/g over 700 cycles, indicating superb cycling stability. The structure-property correlation studies reveal that the carbon riveting layer is essential for enhancing the lithium diffusion kinetics. The good electrochemical properties and effective structure design make the carbon riveting strategy quite general and reliable to manipulate high performance electrodes for future LIBs.
By integrating the merits of lanthanide elements and quantum dots, we firstly design CeO2 quantum dots doped Ni-Co hydroxide nanosheet via a controllable synthetic strategy, which exhibits a large specific capacitance (1370.7 F/g at 1.0 A/g) and a good cyclic stability (90.6% retention after 4000 cycles). Moreover, we assemble an aqueous asymmetric supercapacitor with the obtained material, which has an extremely high energy density (108.9 Wh/kg at 378 W/kg) and outstanding cycle stability (retaining 88.1% capacitance at 2.0 A/g after 4000 cycles).
In order to further improve the potential application of nickel-cobalt oxide (NiCoO) in supercapacitors, we use controlled calcination of different Ni-Co-MOF ([NiCo(HBTC)(4, 4'-bipy)]) composites to obtain five kinds of nickel doped NiCoO (N-NiCoO) with different Ni/Co molar ratio. These N-NiCoO materials with unique hexagonal nanoplates structure, high specific surface area and high porosity indicate high and stable electrochemical activity. In particular, N-NiCoO-2 with a Ni/Co molar ratio of 2:1 exhibits the highest 945.79 F/g specific capacitance at 1 A/g and a high cycle stability of only 6.7% attenuation after 5000 cycles. Apart from the certain percentage of NiCoO with higher conductivity, nitrogen doping provides more reactive sites and the specific porous hexagonal nanoplates structure of the product itself accelerate electron transfer and promote electrolyte diffusion can more effectively enhance the electrochemical performance. Therefore, N-NiCoO synthesized via a simple method exhibit exciting potential and can be used as an electrode material for supercapacitors with good performance.
The complex-architectured NiFe-LDH@FeOOH negative material was first prepared by simple two-step hydrothermal method. In this study, the porous nanostructure of FeOOH nanosheets features a large number of accessible channels to electroactive sites and the two-dimensional layered structure of NiFe-LDH nanosheets have an open spatial structure with high specific surface area, which enhance the diffusion of ions in the active material. Benefited from above advantages, the excellent electrochemical properties were demonstrated. NiFe-LDH@FeOOH nanocomposites present high specific capacitance (1195 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g), lower resistance and well cycling performance (90.36% retention after 1000 cycles). Furthermore, the NiFe-LDH@MnO2//NiFe-LDH@FeOOH supercapacitor exhibits 22.68 Wh/kg energy density at 750 W/kg power density, demonstrating potential application in energy storage devices.
A highly stable and luminescent metal-organic framework (LMOF) with layered structure, namely, C6H4N5OZn (1) has been successfully achieved and fully characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffractions, fluorescence titration and thermogravimetry. This blue-light emitting compound 1 exhibit outstanding stability and can detect Fe3+ and Cu2+ in water specifically, presenting potential application in the field of fluorescent probe technology. Fluorescence titration experiments indicate that the detection of Fe3+ ions by 1 is more significant than that of Cu2+ ions in terms of Ksv value. Furthermore, guest-assisted exfoliation of layered MOF 1 is efficiently carried out through ether O—H hydrogen bond or π···π interactions between the layered host structure and intercalated guest molecules (4, 4'-oxybisbenzoic acid and triphenylamine). Tyndal scattering was observed in the suspensions of obtained MOF nanosheets. This study shows that the compound 1 with unique metal ion sensing properties can be applied as a probe material in water pollution treatment field, but also opens up the opportunity for synthesizing luminescent MONs through the "bottom-up" guest intercalation methodology.
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