Rahman Anis Ur, Zarshad Nighat, Jianghua Wu, Shah Muslim, Ullah Sana, Li Guigen, Tariq Muhammad, Ali Asad
Institute of Chemistry and BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Department of Polymer Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 Aug 18;12(16):2856. doi: 10.3390/nano12162856.
Electrochemical energy storage devices are ubiquitous for personal electronics, electric vehicles, smart grids, and future clean energy demand. SCs are EES devices with excellent power density and superior cycling ability. Herein, we focused on the fabrication and DFT calculations of Na-δ-MnO nanocomposite, which has layered MnO redox-active sites, supported on carbon cloth. MnO has two-dimensional diffusion channels and is not labile to structural changes during intercalation; therefore, it is considered the best substrate for intercalation. Cation pre-intercalation has proven to be an effective way of increasing inter-layered spacing, optimizing the crystal structure, and improving the relevant electrochemical behavior of asymmetric aqueous supercapacitors. We successfully established Na pre-intercalated δ-MnO nanosheets on carbon cloth via one-pot hydrothermal synthesis. As a cathode, our prepared material exhibited an extended potential window of 0-1.4 V with a remarkable specific capacitance of 546 F g(300 F g at 50 A g). Moreover, when this cathode was accompanied by an N-AC anode in an asymmetric aqueous supercapacitor, it illustrated exceptional performance (64 Wh kg at a power density of 1225 W kg) and incomparable potential window of 2.4 V and 83% capacitance retention over 10,000 cycles with a great Columbic efficiency.
电化学储能装置在个人电子设备、电动汽车、智能电网以及未来清洁能源需求方面无处不在。超级电容器是具有优异功率密度和卓越循环能力的电化学储能装置。在此,我们专注于在碳布上负载的具有层状MnO氧化还原活性位点的Na-δ-MnO纳米复合材料的制备及密度泛函理论计算。MnO具有二维扩散通道,在嵌入过程中对结构变化不敏感;因此,它被认为是嵌入的最佳基底。阳离子预嵌入已被证明是增加层间距、优化晶体结构以及改善不对称水系超级电容器相关电化学行为的有效方法。我们通过一锅水热合成法成功地在碳布上制备了Na预嵌入的δ-MnO纳米片。作为阴极,我们制备的材料展现出0 - 1.4 V的扩展电位窗口,具有546 F g的显著比电容(在50 A g时为300 F g)。此外,当该阴极与不对称水系超级电容器中的N-AC阳极配对时,它表现出优异的性能(在功率密度为1225 W kg时为64 Wh kg),具有2.4 V的无与伦比的电位窗口,在10000次循环中电容保持率为83%,且具有很高的库仑效率。