• 文献标题:   Cation-deficient T-Nb2O5/graphene Hybrids synthesized via chemical oxidative etching of MXene for advanced lithium-ion capacitors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG L, ZHANG X, LI C, XU YN, AN YB, LIU WJ, HU T, YI S, WANG K, SUN XZ, GONG Y, WU ZS, MA YW
  • 作者关键词:   lithiumion capacitor, nb 2 ct x mxene, cation vacancie, tnb 2 o 5, reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1385-8947 EI 1873-3212
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cej.2023.143507 EA MAY 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Orthorhombic niobium pentoxide (T-Nb2O5) is widely acknowledged as a fast pseudocapacitive material. Nevertheless, its application is hindered by the narrow voltage window (1-3 V vs. Li/Li+) that arises from irreversible phase transformation and sluggish kinetics during deep lithiation. Herein, we demonstrate a unique method for introducing Nb vacancies in T-Nb2O5 nanoparticles via amine-assisted oxidative etching of Nb2CTx MXene, providing extra storage sites and improving structural flexibility by introducing cationic defects. Sub-sequently reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is employed as substrate to disperse T-Nb2O5 nanoparticles and construct T-Nb2O5/rGO nanohybrids. Multiple characterizations and computational simulations demonstrate that the resulting T-Nb2O5/rGO hybrid anode exhibits rapid and stable multi-electron transfer lithium storage. Owing to the enrichment of Nb vacancies and nanoparticle morphology, even when voltage window of 0.01-3 V (vs. Li/Li+) is extended, T-Nb2O5 exhibits a pseudocapacitive mechanism and integrity of partial crystal struc-ture; effectively tackling the structural collapse and sluggish kinetics of T-Nb2O5. Consequently, the T-Nb2O5/ rGO anode shows a superior rate capacity (148 mAh/g at 10 A/g) and cycling stability (3000 cycles at 5 A/g). Remarkably, the assembled lithium-ion capacitors achieve a high energy density of 123.7 Wh/kg, a power density of 22.5 kW/kg, and a capacity retention of 83.6% after 20,000 cycles.