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Title: Oxygen-deficient ammonium vanadate for flexible aqueous zinc batteries with high energy density and rate capability at -30 °C

Abstract

Aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) have received significant attention owing to environmental friendliness, high energy density and inherent safety. However, lack of high-performance cathodes has become the main bottleneck of AZBs development. Here, oxygen-deficient NH4V4O10–x·nH2O (NVOH) microspheres are synthesized and used as cathodes for AZBs. The experimental test and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the oxygen vacancies in the lattice lower the Zn2+ diffusion energy barrier, which enables fast Zn2+ diffusion and good electrochemical performance in a wide temperature range. The suppressed side reactions also can help to improve the low temperature performance. NVOH shows a high energy density of 372.4 Wh kg–1 and 296 Wh kg–1 at room temperature and –30 °C, respectively. Moreover, NVOH maintains a 100% capacity retention after 100 cycles at 0.1 A g–1 and ~94% capacity retention after 2600 cycles at 2 A g–1 and –30 °C. Investigation into the mechanism of the process reveals that the capacity contribution of surface capacitive behaviors is dominant and capacity attenuation is mainly caused by the decay of diffusion-controlled capacity. As a result, flexible AZBs can steadily power portable electronics under different bending states, demonstrating its great potential in wide-temperature wearable device.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [5];  [1];  [3];  [5];  [1]
  1. China Academy of Engineering Physics, Sichuan (China)
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Yangtze River Delta Physics Research Center Co. Ltd., Liyang (China)
  5. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1819841
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Materials Today
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 43; Journal ID: ISSN 1369-7021
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

He, Tao, Ye, Yusheng, Li, Hui, Weng, Suting, Zhang, Qinhua, Li, Matthew, Liu, Tongchao, Cheng, Jianli, Wang, Xuefeng, Lu, Jun, and Wang, Bin. Oxygen-deficient ammonium vanadate for flexible aqueous zinc batteries with high energy density and rate capability at -30 °C. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.mattod.2020.11.019.
He, Tao, Ye, Yusheng, Li, Hui, Weng, Suting, Zhang, Qinhua, Li, Matthew, Liu, Tongchao, Cheng, Jianli, Wang, Xuefeng, Lu, Jun, & Wang, Bin. Oxygen-deficient ammonium vanadate for flexible aqueous zinc batteries with high energy density and rate capability at -30 °C. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2020.11.019
He, Tao, Ye, Yusheng, Li, Hui, Weng, Suting, Zhang, Qinhua, Li, Matthew, Liu, Tongchao, Cheng, Jianli, Wang, Xuefeng, Lu, Jun, and Wang, Bin. Wed . "Oxygen-deficient ammonium vanadate for flexible aqueous zinc batteries with high energy density and rate capability at -30 °C". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2020.11.019. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1819841.
@article{osti_1819841,
title = {Oxygen-deficient ammonium vanadate for flexible aqueous zinc batteries with high energy density and rate capability at -30 °C},
author = {He, Tao and Ye, Yusheng and Li, Hui and Weng, Suting and Zhang, Qinhua and Li, Matthew and Liu, Tongchao and Cheng, Jianli and Wang, Xuefeng and Lu, Jun and Wang, Bin},
abstractNote = {Aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) have received significant attention owing to environmental friendliness, high energy density and inherent safety. However, lack of high-performance cathodes has become the main bottleneck of AZBs development. Here, oxygen-deficient NH4V4O10–x·nH2O (NVOH) microspheres are synthesized and used as cathodes for AZBs. The experimental test and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the oxygen vacancies in the lattice lower the Zn2+ diffusion energy barrier, which enables fast Zn2+ diffusion and good electrochemical performance in a wide temperature range. The suppressed side reactions also can help to improve the low temperature performance. NVOH shows a high energy density of 372.4 Wh kg–1 and 296 Wh kg–1 at room temperature and –30 °C, respectively. Moreover, NVOH maintains a 100% capacity retention after 100 cycles at 0.1 A g–1 and ~94% capacity retention after 2600 cycles at 2 A g–1 and –30 °C. Investigation into the mechanism of the process reveals that the capacity contribution of surface capacitive behaviors is dominant and capacity attenuation is mainly caused by the decay of diffusion-controlled capacity. As a result, flexible AZBs can steadily power portable electronics under different bending states, demonstrating its great potential in wide-temperature wearable device.},
doi = {10.1016/j.mattod.2020.11.019},
journal = {Materials Today},
number = ,
volume = 43,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Wed Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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