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Structure and oxygen-defect regulation of hydrated vanadium oxide for enhanced zinc ion storage via interlayer doping strategy

Show Author's Information Bingchen Zhang,  Xihao Han,  Wenpei Kang( ),  Daofeng Sun( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Hydrated vanadium oxide (VOH) is a promising cathode candidate for the aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs), due to the large interlayer spacing and high capacity. However, severe pulverization and structure collapse upon cycling limit its practical application. Herein, preintercalation strategy with higher positive charge of Cr3+ is proposed to regulate the structure and oxygen defect of the VOH-Od. The VOH-Od with moderated amount of Cr3+ incorporation (M-CrVOH-Od), showing a flower-like hierarchical structure assembled with thin nanosheets, can expand the interlayer spacing and increase the oxygen defect, inducing an enhanced high-rate cycling capability. As a result, M-CrVOH-Od delivers a high capacity of 405 mAh·g−1 at 0.5 A·g−1, high capacity retention of 120% over 3,500 cycles, as well as an extraordinary energy output (297.3 Wh·kg−1 at 355.9 W·kg−1). The density functional theory (DFT) calculations can prove the enhanced reaction kinetics with narrower bandgap and lower Zn2+ adsorption energy after the Cr-preintercalation. Meanwhile, based on the ex-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, synergistic intercalation of the Zn2+/H+ into the interlayers of M-CrVOH-Od can bring the high specific capacity. This work could help us understand the enhanced performance of VOH from the point of the chemical reactions.


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Structure and oxygen-defect regulation of hydrated vanadium oxide for enhanced zinc ion storage via interlayer doping strategy

Show Author's information Bingchen Zhang, Xihao Han, Wenpei Kang( ), Daofeng Sun( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China

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Hydrated vanadium oxide (VOH) is a promising cathode candidate for the aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs), due to the large interlayer spacing and high capacity. However, severe pulverization and structure collapse upon cycling limit its practical application. Herein, preintercalation strategy with higher positive charge of Cr3+ is proposed to regulate the structure and oxygen defect of the VOH-Od. The VOH-Od with moderated amount of Cr3+ incorporation (M-CrVOH-Od), showing a flower-like hierarchical structure assembled with thin nanosheets, can expand the interlayer spacing and increase the oxygen defect, inducing an enhanced high-rate cycling capability. As a result, M-CrVOH-Od delivers a high capacity of 405 mAh·g−1 at 0.5 A·g−1, high capacity retention of 120% over 3,500 cycles, as well as an extraordinary energy output (297.3 Wh·kg−1 at 355.9 W·kg−1). The density functional theory (DFT) calculations can prove the enhanced reaction kinetics with narrower bandgap and lower Zn2+ adsorption energy after the Cr-preintercalation. Meanwhile, based on the ex-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, synergistic intercalation of the Zn2+/H+ into the interlayers of M-CrVOH-Od can bring the high specific capacity. This work could help us understand the enhanced performance of VOH from the point of the chemical reactions.

Keywords: cathode, hydrated vanadium oxide, preintercalation, aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Received: 11 May 2022
Revised: 15 July 2022
Accepted: 31 July 2022
Published: 02 September 2022
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51702366) and the Key Research and Development Projects of Shandong Province (No. 2019JZZY010331).

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