Ultrahigh-Power Pseudocapacitors Based on Ordered Porous Heterostructures of Electron-Correlated Oxides.
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ABSTRACT: Nanostructured transition-metal oxides can store high-density energy in fast surface redox reactions, but their poor conductivity causes remarkable reductions in the energy storage of most pseudocapacitors at high power delivery (fast charge/discharge rates). Here it is shown that electron-correlated oxide hybrid electrodes made of nanocrystalline vanadium sesquioxide and manganese dioxide with 3D and bicontinuous nanoporous architecture (NP V2O3/MnO2) have enhanced conductivity because of metallization of electron-correlated V2O3 skeleton via insulator-to-metal transition. The conductive V2O3 skeleton at ambient temperature enables fast electron and ion transports in the entire electrode and facilitates charge transfer at abundant V2O3/MnO2 interface. These merits significantly improve the pseudocapacitive behavior and rate capability of the constituent MnO2. Symmetric pseudocapacitors assembled with binder-free NP V2O3/MnO2 electrodes deliver ultrahigh electrical powers (up to ≈422 W cm23) while maintaining the high volumetric energy of thin-film lithium battery with excellent stability.
SUBMITTER: Lang XY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5066634 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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