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A High-Capacity Ammonium Vanadate Cathode for Zinc-Ion Battery

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-0401-y
Qifei Li
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low‑Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
Xianhong Rui
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low‑Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
Dong Chen
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low‑Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
Yuezhan Feng
Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, People’s Republic of China
Ni Xiao
Aviation Fuel Research and Development Center, China National Aviation Fuel Group Limited, Beijing 102603, People’s Republic of China
Liyong Gan
Department Institute for Structure and Function and of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, People’s Republic of China
Qi Zhang
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low‑Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
Yan Yu
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
Shaoming Huang
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low‑Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shaoming Huang

smhuang@gdut.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 67

Abstract

Given the advantages of being abundant in resources, environmental benign and highly safe, rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) enter the global spotlight for their potential utilization in large-scale energy storage. Despite their preliminary success, zinc-ion storage that is able to deliver capacity > 400 mAh g−1 remains a great challenge. Here, we demonstrate the viability of NH4V4O10 (NVO) as high-capacity cathode that breaks through the bottleneck of ZIBs in limited capacity. The first-principles calculations reveal that layered NVO is a good host to provide fast Zn2+ ions diffusion channel along its [010] direction in the interlayer space. On the other hand, to further enhance Zn2+ ion intercalation kinetics and long-term cycling stability, a three-dimensional (3D) flower-like architecture that is self-assembled by NVO nanobelts (3D-NVO) is rationally designed and fabricated through a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. As a result, such 3D-NVO cathode possesses high capacity (485 mAh g−1) and superior long-term cycling performance (3000 times) at 10 A g−1 (~ 50 s to full discharge/charge). Additionally, based on the excellent 3D-NVO cathode, a quasi-solid-state ZIB with capacity of 378 mAh g−1 is developed.


Highlights:


1 3D flower-like architecture assembled by NH4V4O10 nanobelts (3D-NVO) was fabricated.
2 The Zn2+ ion was intercalated into NVO cathode within the interlayer region (NH4V4O10 ↔ ZnxNH4V4O10).
3 The 3D-NVO cathode could deliver a large reversible capacity of 485 mAh g−1 at a current density of 100 mA g−1 for zinc-ion battery.

Keywords

Zinc-ion battery Ammonium vanadate NH4V4O10
Li, Qifei, Xianhong Rui, Dong Chen, Yuezhan Feng, Ni Xiao, Liyong Gan, Qi Zhang, Yan Yu, and Shaoming Huang. 2020. “A High-Capacity Ammonium Vanadate Cathode for Zinc-Ion Battery”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (March):67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-0401-y.
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