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Architecting a High-Energy-Density Rocking-Chair Zinc-Ion Batteries via Carbon-Wrapped Vanadium Dioxide

  • Dongdong Zhang
  • , Jin Cao*
  • , Xinyu Zhang
  • , Jiaqian Qin*
  • , Zhiyuan Zeng*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) show great potential in large-scale energy storage applications because of their low cost and high safety features, whereas the inefficient zinc utilization and uncontrollable dendrite issue of the zinc metal anode greatly limit their energy density and cycling stability. Herein, a carbon-wrapped vanadium dioxide (VO2@C) core-shell composite has been prepared and utilized as an intercalated anode of “rocking-chair” ZIBs. Benefiting from the carbon shell, the charge transfer and structural stability of VO2@C have been significantly improved, thus delivering a specific capacity of 425 mA h g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 and a capacity retention of 94.9% after 3000 cycles at 5 A g-1, better than that of VO2 (338 mA h g-1 and 59.2%). Further, the low Zn2+ intercalated potential (0.54 V vs Zn2+/Zn) and reversible Zn2+ intercalation/deintercalation behavior of VO2@C enable the successful construction of VO2@C||ZnMn2O4 “rocking-chair” ZIBs, which achieve a capacity of 104 mA h g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 and an exceptional energy density of 96.3 W h kg-1 at 74.1 W kg-1 (based on the total weight). This research enriches the currently available options for constructing high-energy-density energy storage systems. © 2023 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57230–57238
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume15
Issue number49
Online published30 Nov 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Dec 2023

Funding

Z.Z. thanks the funding support from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China [project no. CityU11308923] and the Basic Research Project from Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee in Shenzhen, China [no. JCYJ20210324134012034]. J.Q. thanks the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) and Chulalongkorn University (N42A660383), the National Science, Research and Innovation Fund (NSRF) via the Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (B05F640153). J.C. would like to thank the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 2023AFB155).

Research Keywords

  • energy density
  • intercalated anode
  • rocking-chair ZIBs
  • VO2@C
  • zinc-ion batteries

RGC Funding Information

  • RGC-funded

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