Issue 1, 2023

Enabling rapid pseudocapacitive multi-electron reactions by heterostructure engineering of vanadium oxide for high-energy and high-power lithium storage

Abstract

Charge storage reactions with multi-electron transfer represent an effective approach to obtaining higher energy density. V2O5 is a potential multi-electron reaction material, but suffers from irreversible phase transformation and sluggish kinetics upon deep discharge. Herein, we report a rational strategy of constructing a two-dimensional heterostructure of V2O5 and graphene for realizing reversible and fast multi-electron reactions. The ultrathin hybrid structure with abundant heterointerfaces leads to the reversible structure transition of V2O5 and facilitates ion/electron transport and interfacial charge transfer, thus enabling high-rate multi-electron transfer lithium storage with a significant pseudocapacitive contribution. The heterostructure delivers a high capacity of 361 mA h g−1 at 1C and retains 175 mA h g−1 at an ultrahigh rate of 100C, outperforming most intercalation metal oxides. Furthermore, through decoupling such a multi-electron reaction with high capacity and a wide potential window, a symmetric full cell with prelithiated V2O5/graphene serving as both the anode and the cathode is constructed, showing superb energy/power performance and cyclability up to 15 000 cycles. This work suggests that creating a heterostructure is a reliable strategy for achieving high-rate multi-electron reactions in redox-active electrode materials.

Graphical abstract: Enabling rapid pseudocapacitive multi-electron reactions by heterostructure engineering of vanadium oxide for high-energy and high-power lithium storage

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Sep 2022
Accepted
11 Nov 2022
First published
12 Nov 2022

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023,16, 222-230

Enabling rapid pseudocapacitive multi-electron reactions by heterostructure engineering of vanadium oxide for high-energy and high-power lithium storage

F. Su, F. Xing, X. Wang, F. Liu, L. Zhang and Z. Wu, Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16, 222 DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02888C

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