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Orderly defective superstructure for enhanced pseudocapacitive storage in titanium niobium oxide

Show Author's Information Le Yang1,§,  Jinfeng Zeng1,3,§,  Lei Zhou1,  Ruiwen Shao2( ),  Wellars Utetiwabo1,  Muhammad Khurram Tufail1,  Saisai Wang1,  Wen Yang1( ),  Jiatao Zhang1
Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion MaterialsSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing100081China
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems and Institute of convergence in medicine and engineeringBeijing institute of technologyBeijing100081China
Key Laboratory of Active Components of Xinjiang Natural Medicine and Drug Release TechnologySchool of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical UniversityUrumqi830011China

§ Le Yang and Jinfeng Zeng contributed equally to this work.

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Artificial defect engineering in transition metal oxides is of important terms for numerous applications. In the present work, we proposed an in-situ gas reduction strategy to introduce ordered defects into titanium niobium oxide embedding on vapor grew carbon fibers (Ti2Nb10O29–x@VGCFs). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and fast Fourier transform (FFT) simulation indicate that the ordered oxygen defects locate at interval layers, which leads to a new superstructure in Ti2Nb10O29. The ordered defects could provide extra active sites for lithium-ion storage and modulate ionic migration, resulting an enhanced pseudocapacitive performance. In addition, the excellent structural stability of the superstructure was proved by in-situ HRTEM under a harsh electrochemical process. Our work provides a directly observation of orderly defective superstructure in transition metal oxide, and its functionality on electrochemistry was revealed.


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Orderly defective superstructure for enhanced pseudocapacitive storage in titanium niobium oxide

Show Author's information Le Yang1,§, Jinfeng Zeng1,3,§, Lei Zhou1, Ruiwen Shao2( ), Wellars Utetiwabo1, Muhammad Khurram Tufail1, Saisai Wang1, Wen Yang1( ), Jiatao Zhang1
Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion MaterialsSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing100081China
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems and Institute of convergence in medicine and engineeringBeijing institute of technologyBeijing100081China
Key Laboratory of Active Components of Xinjiang Natural Medicine and Drug Release TechnologySchool of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical UniversityUrumqi830011China

§ Le Yang and Jinfeng Zeng contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Artificial defect engineering in transition metal oxides is of important terms for numerous applications. In the present work, we proposed an in-situ gas reduction strategy to introduce ordered defects into titanium niobium oxide embedding on vapor grew carbon fibers (Ti2Nb10O29–x@VGCFs). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and fast Fourier transform (FFT) simulation indicate that the ordered oxygen defects locate at interval layers, which leads to a new superstructure in Ti2Nb10O29. The ordered defects could provide extra active sites for lithium-ion storage and modulate ionic migration, resulting an enhanced pseudocapacitive performance. In addition, the excellent structural stability of the superstructure was proved by in-situ HRTEM under a harsh electrochemical process. Our work provides a directly observation of orderly defective superstructure in transition metal oxide, and its functionality on electrochemistry was revealed.

Keywords: pseudocapacitance, Ti2Nb10O29, in-situ gas reduction, ordered defect, lithium-ion hybrid capacitor

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Received: 21 May 2021
Revised: 20 June 2021
Accepted: 20 June 2021
Published: 24 July 2021
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The work was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (No. 2018YFB1304902), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21975025, 21203008, and 11904372), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2172051). XRD measurements were performed in the Analysis & Testing Center, Beijing Institute of Technology. We appreciated help from Dr. Hongwei Ma (Analysis & Testing Center) for XRD analysis. The authors acknowledge Analysis and Testing Center in Beijing Institute of Technology.

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