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Vol. 13 (2021)

Homologous Strategy to Construct High-Performance Coupling Electrodes for Advanced Potassium-Ion Hybrid Capacitors

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00524-z
Ying Xu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
Jiafeng Ruan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
Yuepeng Pang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
Hao Sun
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
Chu Liang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People’s Republic of China
Haiwen Li
International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819‑0395, Japan
Junhe Yang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
Shiyou Zheng
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shiyou Zheng

syzheng@usst.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 14

Abstract

Potassium-ion hybrid capacitors (PIHCs) have been considered as promising potentials in mid- to large-scale storage system applications owing to their high energy and power density. However, the process involving the intercalation of K+ into the carbonaceous anode is a sluggish reaction, while the adsorption of anions onto the cathode surface is relatively faster, resulting in an inability to exploit the advantage of high energy. To achieve a high-performance PIHC, it is critical to promote the K+ insertion/desertion in anodic materials and design suitable cathodic materials matching the anodes. In this study, we propose a facile “homologous strategy” to construct suitable anode and cathode for high-performance PIHCs, that is, unique multichannel carbon fiber (MCCF)-based anode and cathode materials are firstly prepared by electrospinning, and then followed by sulfur doping and KOH activation treatment, respectively. Owing to a multichannel structure with a large interlayer spacing for introducing S in the sulfur-doped multichannel carbon fiber (S-MCCF) composite, it presents high capacity, super rate capability, and long cycle stability as an anode in potassium-ion cells. The cathode composite of activated multichannel carbon fiber (aMCCF) has a considerably high specific surface area of 1445 m2 g−1 and exhibits outstanding capacitive performance. In particular, benefiting from advantages of the fabricated S-MCCF anode and aMCCF cathode by homologous strategy, PIHCs assembled with the unique MCCF-based anode and cathode show outstanding electrochemical performance, which can deliver high energy and power densities (100 Wh kg−1 at 200 W kg−1, and 58.3 Wh kg−1 at 10,000 W kg−1) and simultaneously exhibit superior cycling stability (90% capacity retention over 7000 cycles at 1.0 A g−1). The excellent electrochemical performance of the MCCF-based composites for PIHC electrodes combined with their simple construction renders such materials attractive for further in-depth investigations of alkali-ion battery and capacitor applications.


Highlights:


1 A novel and facile homologous strategy is proposed to construct unique multichannel carbon fiber (MCCF)-based electrode materials for potassium-ion hybrid capacitors.
2 The S-MCCF anodes present high capacity, super rate capability, and long cycle stability in potassium-ion half-cells, and the aMCCF cathodes have a high specific surface area of 1445 m2 g−1 and exhibit outstanding capacitive performance.
3 The fabricated PIHC (manode:mcathode = 1:2) devices show high energy and power densities together with excellent cycling stability.

Keywords

Carbon fibers Potassium-ion capacitor Alkali-ion battery
Xu, Ying, Jiafeng Ruan, Yuepeng Pang, Hao Sun, Chu Liang, Haiwen Li, Junhe Yang, and Shiyou Zheng. 2020. “Homologous Strategy to Construct High-Performance Coupling Electrodes for Advanced Potassium-Ion Hybrid Capacitors”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (October):14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00524-z.
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