Issue 38, 2016

A novel pseudocapacitance mechanism of elm seed-like mesoporous MoO3−x nanosheets as electrodes for supercapacitors

Abstract

Pseudocapacitance is induced by surface or near surface redox, ion intercalation or underpotential deposition processes. A given electrochemically active material usually has only one of the above mechanisms. In this study, we synthesized elm seed-like mesoporous MoO3−x nanosheets, which possess both redox and intercalation faradic mechanisms. This novel pseudocapacitance mechanism causes a high capacitance of 1480 F g−1 at 5 A g−1 and outstanding cycling performance where the capacitance does not decay but increases slightly up to 10 000 cycles at a scan rate of 100 mV s−1. Here, we clarified that the tunnel structure of MoO3−x and its special electrochemical kinetics towards H+ generate this mechanism. This faradic mechanism could achieve a higher degree of utilization of the active-sites thus resulting in excellent electrochemical performance.

Graphical abstract: A novel pseudocapacitance mechanism of elm seed-like mesoporous MoO3−x nanosheets as electrodes for supercapacitors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 iyl 2016
Accepted
21 avq 2016
First published
22 avq 2016

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016,4, 14560-14566

A novel pseudocapacitance mechanism of elm seed-like mesoporous MoO3−x nanosheets as electrodes for supercapacitors

Q. Lu, S. Zhao, C. Chen, X. Wang, Y. Deng and C. Nan, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 14560 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA06326H

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