LiFePO <sub>4</sub> Particles Embedded in Fast Bifunctional Conductor rGO&C@Li <sub>3</sub> V <sub>2</sub> (PO <sub>4</sub> ) <sub>3</sub> Nanosheets as Cathodes for High-Performance Li-Ion Hybrid Capacitors

Yue Zhang, Zihe Zhang, Yakun Tang, Dianzeng Jia*, Yudai Huang, Weikong Pang, Zaiping Guo, Zhen Zhou

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Abstract

The sluggish kinetics of Faradaic reactions in bulk electrodes is a significant obstacle to achieve high energy and power density in energy storage devices. Herein, a composite of LiFePO <sub>4</sub> particles trapped in fast bifunctional conductor rGO&C@Li <sub>3</sub> V <sub>2</sub> (PO <sub>4</sub> ) <sub>3</sub> nanosheets is prepared through an in situ competitive redox reaction. The composite exhibits extraordinary rate capability (71 mAh g <sup>−1</sup> at 15 A g <sup>−1</sup> ) and remarkable cycling stability (0.03% decay per cycle over 1000 cycles at 10 A g <sup>−1</sup> ). Improved extrinsic pseudocapacitive contribution is the origin of fast kinetics, which endows this composite with high energy and power density, since the unique 2D nanosheets and embedded ultrafine LiFePO <sub>4</sub> nanoparticles can shorten the ion and electron diffusion length. Even applied to Li-ion hybrid capacitors, the obtained devices still achieve high power density of 3.36 kW kg <sup>−1</sup> along with high energy density up to 77.8 Wh kg <sup>−1</sup> . Density functional theory computations also validate that the remarkable rate performance is facilitated by the desirable ionic and electronic conductivity of the composite. © 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Original languageEnglish
Article number1807895
Number of pages11
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume29
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Funding

This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21771157) and the Doctoral Innovation Program of Xinjiang University (XJUBSCX-2016011).

Research Keywords

  • bifunctional conductor
  • cathode
  • Li-ion hybrid capacitors
  • Li 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3
  • LiFePO 4

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