Phenazine anodes for ultralongcycle-life aqueous rechargeable batteries

Leilei Li, Long Chen, Yuehua Wen*, Tengfei Xiong, Hong Xu, Wenfeng Zhang, Gaoping Cao, Yusheng Yang, Liqiang Mai*, Hao Zhang*

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Abstract

A nano-phenazine@Ketjen black (nPZ/KB) composite was prepared as an anode for aqueous rechargeable batteries by an in situ dissolution-precipitation method. Due to the uniform precipitation of nano-phenazine on the highly conductive and hierarchical porous Ketjen black surface, it enabled ultrafast transfer of metal cations (Na+, K+, Zn2+ etc.) and electrons to almost all the electrochemically active sites of phenazine molecules. Hence, nPZ/KB not only realized the full utilization of a theoretical capacity of 298 mA h g-1 but also exhibited a high rate discharge capacity of 102 mA h g-1 under 100 C in 6 M KOH. Furthermore, the nPZ/KB composite achieved an ultralong cycle life of 100 000 times with a high capacity retention of 76% because of the insolubilities of both phenazine and its reduction products in aqueous electrolytes. The excellent performance of the nPZ/KB-NiOOH battery and nPZ/KB-activated carbon pseudocapacitor demonstrated great promise for grid-scale energy storage devices. 
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)26013-26022
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume8
Issue number48
Online published14 Nov 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Dec 2020

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