scholarly journals Asymmetric Pseudocapacitors Based on Interfacial Engineering of Vanadium Nitride Hybrids

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailan Su ◽  
Tuzhi Xiong ◽  
Qirong Tan ◽  
Fang Yang ◽  
Paul B. S. Appadurai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Density ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Vanadium Nitride ◽  
Mos2 Nanosheets ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Areal Capacitance ◽  
Interfacial Engineering ◽  
A Current

Vanadium nitride (VN) shows promising electrochemical properties as an energy storage devices electrode, specifically in supercapacitors. However, the pseudocapacitive charge storage in aqueous electrolytes shows mediocre performance. Herein, we judiciously demonstrate an impressive pseudocapacitor performance by hybridizing VN nanowires with pseudocapacitive 2D-layered MoS2 nanosheets. Arising from the interfacial engineering and pseudocapacitive synergistic effect between the VN and MoS2, the areal capacitance of VN/MoS2 hybrid reaches 3187.30 mF cm−2, which is sevenfold higher than the pristine VN (447.28 mF cm−2) at a current density of 2.0 mA cm−2. In addition, an asymmetric pseudocapacitor assembled based on VN/MoS2 anode and TiN coated with MnO2 (TiN/MnO2) cathode achieves a remarkable volumetric capacitance of 4.52 F cm−3 and energy density of 2.24 mWh cm−3 at a current density of 6.0 mA cm−2. This work opens a new opportunity for the development of high-performance electrodes in unfavorable electrolytes towards designing high areal-capacitance electrode materials for supercapacitors and beyond.

Sol–Gel Synthesis of Porous Li2TiO3 for High-Performance Electrochemical Supercapacitors

NANO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Mao ◽  
Bing Li
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Lithium Titanate ◽  
Tetrabutyl Titanate ◽  
Polystyrene Spheres ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Sol Gel Synthesis ◽  
A Current

Metal titanates have been considered as one of the most promising materials for supercapacitors because of their excellent properties. In this work, porous lithium titanate (Li2TiO3) nanomaterials were prepared by sol–gel method using lithiumhydroxide hydrate and tetrabutyl titanate as precursors and polystyrene spheres as a template. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) result revealed a large specific surface area of the Li2TiO3 nanomaterials. More importantly, the porous Li2TiO3 nanomaterials were examined as the electrode materials of supercapacitors. Such porous Li2TiO3 nanomaterials’ electrode exhibited a specific capacitance of 195[Formula: see text]F[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] at a current density of 1[Formula: see text]A[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] with a capacity retention of 96.3% after 5000 cycles in 3[Formula: see text]M KOH aqueous electrolyte. These superior results indicate that the porous Li2TiO3 nanomaterials are excellent materials for high-performance energy storage devices.

scholarly journals Synergistic approach of high-performance N-NiCo/PC environment benign electrode material for energy storage device

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Xianhua Liu ◽  
Suraya Mushtaq ◽  
Jonnathan Cabrera ◽  
Pingping Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Composite Catalyst ◽  
Storage Device ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Biomass Waste ◽  
Supercapacitor Application ◽  
Suitable Material ◽  
Storage Devices

Abstract Development of sustainable electrochemical energy storage devices faces great challenge in exploring highly efficient and low cost electrode materials. Biomass waste derived carbonaceous materials can be used as an alternative to expensive metals in supercapacitor. However, their application limited by low performance. In this study, the combination use of persimmon waste derived carbon and transition metal nitride demonstrated strong potential for supercapacitor application. Persimmon based carbonaceous gel decorated with bimetallic-nitride (N-NiCo/PC) was firstly synthesized through a green hydrothermal method. Electrochemical properties of N-NiCo/PC as electrode in 6 M KOH electrolyte solution were evaluated by using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and charge-discharge measurements. The N-NiCo/PC exhibited 895.5 F/g specific capacitance at 1 A/g current density and maintained 91.5% capacitance retention after 900 cycles. Hence, the bimetallic nitride-based-composite catalyst is a potentially suitable material for high-performance energy storage devices. In addition, this work demonstrated a promising pathway for transforming environmental waste into sustainable energy conversion materials.

Porous Activity of Biomass-Activated Carbon Enhanced by Nitrogen-Dopant Towards High-Performance Lithium Ion Hybrid Battery-Supercapacitor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Yu ◽  
Xuyang Wang ◽  
Jiaxin Peng ◽  
Xuefeng Jia ◽  
Linbo Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Pore Structure ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices

Abstract Biomass-activated carbon materials are promising electrode materials for lithium-ion hybrid capacitors (LiCs) because of their natural hierarchical pore structure. The efficient utilization of structural pores in activated carbon is very important for their electrochemical performance. Herein, porous biomass-activated carbon (PAC) with large specific surface area was prepared using a one-step activation method with biomass waste as the carbon source and ZnCl2 as the activator. To further improve its pore structure utilization efficiency, the PAC was doped with nitrogen using urea as the nitrogen source. The experimental results confirmed that PAC-1 with a high nitrogen doping level of 4.66% exhibited the most efficient pore utilization among all the samples investigated in this study. PAC-1 exhibited 92% capacity retention after 8000 cycles, showing good cycling stability. Then, to maximize the utilization of high-efficiency energy storage devices, LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 (NCA), a promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries with high specific capacity, was compounded with PAC-1 in different ratios to obtain NCA@PC composites. The NCA@PC-9 composite exhibited excellent capacitance in LiCs and an energy density of 210.9 Wh kg-1 at a high power density of 13.3 kW kg-1. These results provide guidelines for the design of high-performance and low-cost energy storage devices.

scholarly journals Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposite for High-Performance Energy Storage Applications

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samarjeet Singh Siwal ◽  
Qibo Zhang ◽  
Nishu Devi ◽  
Vijay Kumar Thakur
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Polymer Nanocomposites ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Electrochemical Energy Storage ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Carbon Based ◽  
Electrochemical Energy

In recent years, numerous discoveries and investigations have been remarked for the development of carbon-based polymer nanocomposites. Carbon-based materials and their composites hold encouraging employment in a broad array of fields, for example, energy storage devices, fuel cells, membranes sensors, actuators, and electromagnetic shielding. Carbon and its derivatives exhibit some remarkable features such as high conductivity, high surface area, excellent chemical endurance, and good mechanical durability. On the other hand, characteristics such as docility, lower price, and high environmental resistance are some of the unique properties of conducting polymers (CPs). To enhance the properties and performance, polymeric electrode materials can be modified suitably by metal oxides and carbon materials resulting in a composite that helps in the collection and accumulation of charges due to large surface area. The carbon-polymer nanocomposites assist in overcoming the difficulties arising in achieving the high performance of polymeric compounds and deliver high-performance composites that can be used in electrochemical energy storage devices. Carbon-based polymer nanocomposites have both advantages and disadvantages, so in this review, attempts are made to understand their synergistic behavior and resulting performance. The three electrochemical energy storage systems and the type of electrode materials used for them have been studied here in this article and some aspects for example morphology, exterior area, temperature, and approaches have been observed to influence the activity of electrochemical methods. This review article evaluates and compiles reported data to present a significant and extensive summary of the state of the art.

Hierarchical Dendritic Polypyrrole with High Specific Capacitance for High-performance Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Weiliang Chen ◽  
Shuhua Pang ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Zhewei Yang ◽  
Xin Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Current Density ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Chemical Oxidation ◽  
Channel Structure ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Infrared Spectrometer ◽  
A Current

Polypyrrole with hierarchical dendritic structures assembled with cauliflower-like structure of nanospheres, was synthesized by chemical oxidation polymerization. The structure of polyryrrole was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy. The electrochemical performance was performed on CHI660 electrochemical workstation. The results show that oxalic acid has a significant effect on morphology of PPy products. The hierarchical dendritic PPyOA(3) electrodes possess a large specific capacitance as high as 744 F/g at a current density of 0.2 A/g and could achieve a higher specific capacitance of 362 F/g even at a current density of 5.0 A/g. Moreover, the dendritic PPy products produce a large surface area on the electrode through the formation of the channel structure with their assembled cauliflower-like morphology, which facilitates the charge/electron transfer relative to the spherical PPy electrode. The spherical dendritic PPyOA(3) electrode has 58% retention of initial specific capacitance after 260 cycles. The as-prepared dendritic polypyrrole with high performance is a promsing electrode material for supercapacitor.

Mixed-metallic MOF based electrode materials for high performance hybrid supercapacitors

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1094-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Jiao ◽  
Jian Pei ◽  
Dahong Chen ◽  
Chunshuang Yan ◽  
Yongyuan Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Electrode Material ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Metal Organic Frameworks ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Hybrid Supercapacitors ◽  
Metal Organic

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have obtained increasing attention as a kind of novel electrode material for energy storage devices.

Recent advances in metal nitrides as high-performance electrode materials for energy storage devices

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1364-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad-Sadeeq Balogun ◽  
Weitao Qiu ◽  
Wang Wang ◽  
Pingping Fang ◽  
Xihong Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Metal Nitrides ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Recent Advances

This review highlights the progress and development of metal nitrides as electrode materials for energy storage devices.

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