Issue 7, 2022

Stabilizing V2O3 in carbon nanofiber flexible films for ultrastable potassium storage

Abstract

Herein, we designed and synthesized carbon nanofiber flexible films with ultrafine V2O3 nanocrystals uniformly dispersed in the skeleton of nanofibers (denoted as V2O3/CNF). In this structure, the oxygen-bridged (V–O–C) bonds grafted on the inner surface of nanopores in the carbon nanofibers provide abundant exposed electrochemically active sites as well as effectively avoiding the agglomeration of V2O3 nanocrystals to induce volume expansion. Besides, the flexible carbon matrix with porous interconnected channels facilitates the fast transfer of the K+-containing electrolyte and electrons generated in the electrochemical reactions. V2O3/CNF films with unique structural characteristics deliver a good potassium-storage performance with an outstanding cycling stability (retention of 98% after 2500 cycles at 1 A g−1) and excellent rate capacity (175 mA h g−1 at 10 A g−1), and the DFT results prove the superiority of V–O–C bonds.

Graphical abstract: Stabilizing V2O3 in carbon nanofiber flexible films for ultrastable potassium storage

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
23 Dec 2021
Accepted
01 Feb 2022
First published
02 Feb 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 1434-1445

Stabilizing V2O3 in carbon nanofiber flexible films for ultrastable potassium storage

G. Yao, M. Lin, J. Yang, L. Wei, H. niu, Q. Luo, F. Zheng and Q. Chen, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 1434 DOI: 10.1039/D1QI01611C

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