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Vol. 15 (2023)

Built-In Electric Field-Driven Ultrahigh-Rate K-Ion Storage via Heterostructure Engineering of Dual Tellurides Integrated with Ti3C2Tx MXene

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01202-6
Long Pan
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Rongxiang Hu
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Yuan Zhang
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Dawei Sha
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Xin Cao
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Zhuoran Li
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
Yonggui Zhao
Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH‑8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Jiangxiang Ding
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Yaping Wang
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China
ZhengMing Sun
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: ZhengMing Sun

zmsun@seu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 225

Abstract

Exploiting high-rate anode materials with fast K+ diffusion is intriguing for the development of advanced potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) but remains unrealized. Here, heterostructure engineering is proposed to construct the dual transition metal tellurides (CoTe2/ZnTe), which are anchored onto two-dimensional (2D) Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets. Various theoretical modeling and experimental findings reveal that heterostructure engineering can regulate the electronic structures of CoTe2/ZnTe interfaces, improving K+ diffusion and adsorption. In addition, the different work functions between CoTe2/ZnTe induce a robust built-in electric field at the CoTe2/ZnTe interface, providing a strong driving force to facilitate charge transport. Moreover, the conductive and elastic Ti3C2Tx can effectively promote electrode conductivity and alleviate the volume change of CoTe2/ZnTe heterostructures upon cycling. Owing to these merits, the resulting CoTe2/ZnTe/Ti3C2Tx (CZT) exhibit excellent rate capability (137.0 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1) and cycling stability (175.3 mAh g−1 after 4000 cycles at 3.0 A g−1, with a high capacity retention of 89.4%). More impressively, the CZT-based full cells demonstrate high energy density (220.2 Wh kg−1) and power density (837.2 W kg−1). This work provides a general and effective strategy by integrating heterostructure engineering and 2D material nanocompositing for designing advanced high-rate anode materials for next-generation KIBs.


Highlights:
1 Heterostructure engineering is proposed to construct CoTe2/ZnTe heterostructures with built-in electric field.
2 Conductive and elastic Ti3C2Tx MXene is introduced to improve the conductivity and alleviate the volume change of CoTe2/ZnTe upon cycling.
3 The resulting CoTe2/ZnTe/Ti3C2Tx (CZT) demonstrates outstanding rate capability (137.0 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1) and cycling stability (175.3 mAh g−1 after 4000 cycles at 3.0 A g−1). Moreover, the CZT-based full cells demonstrate excellent energy density (220.2 Wh kg−1) and power density (837.2 W kg−1).

Keywords

Transition metal tellurides Heterostructures Built-in electric field Potassium-ion batteries Anode material
Pan, Long, Rongxiang Hu, Yuan Zhang, Dawei Sha, Xin Cao, Zhuoran Li, Yonggui Zhao, Jiangxiang Ding, Yaping Wang, and ZhengMing Sun. 2023. “Built-In Electric Field-Driven Ultrahigh-Rate K-Ion Storage via Heterostructure Engineering of Dual Tellurides Integrated With Ti3C2Tx MXene”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (October):225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01202-6.
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