Issue 8, 2023

Oxygenated copper vanadium selenide composite nanostructures as a cathode material for zinc-ion batteries with high stability up to 10 000 cycles

Abstract

The development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZiBs) towards practical implementations is hampered by unsuitable host cathode materials. Herein, we reported a high-capacity, stable, and long-cycle-life (10 000 cycles) oxygenated copper vanadium selenide composite material (Cu0.59V2O5/Cu0.828V2O5@Cu1.8Se1/Cu3Se2, denoted as O–CuVSe) as a cathode for AZiBs. The newly constructed O–CuVSe composite cathode can be operated in the wide potential window of 0.4–2.0 V, exhibiting a high specific capacity of 154 mA h g−1 at 0.2 A g−1 over 100 cycles. Interestingly, the O–CuVSe composite cathode delivered excellent specific capacities of 117 and 101.4 mA h g−1 over 1000 cycles at 1 and 2 A g−1, respectively. Even at a high current density of 5 A g−1, the cathode delivered a high reversible capacity of 74.5 mA h g−1 over an ultra-long cycling life of 10 000 cycles with no obvious capacity fading. Apart from this, the cathode exhibited excellent rate capability at different current densities. The superior electrochemical properties originate from the synergistic effects between the oxygen vacancy engineering and interlayer doping of Cu ions to increase the structural stability during the cycling, enhancing the electron/ion transport kinetics. Moreover, the Zn2+ storage mechanism in the Zn/O–CuVSe aqueous rechargeable battery was explored. This study provides a new opportunity for the fabrication of different kinds of a new class of cathode materials for high-voltage and high-capacity AZiBs and other energy storage devices.

Graphical abstract: Oxygenated copper vanadium selenide composite nanostructures as a cathode material for zinc-ion batteries with high stability up to 10 000 cycles

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 11 2022
Accepted
17 1 2023
First published
31 1 2023

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 3978-3990

Oxygenated copper vanadium selenide composite nanostructures as a cathode material for zinc-ion batteries with high stability up to 10 000 cycles

D. Narsimulu, B. N. V. Krishna, R. Shanthappa and J. S. Yu, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 3978 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR06648C

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