Top

Rare Metals

Published in:

11-11-2023 | Original Article

2D–3D dual carbon layer confined ultrasmall VN nanoparticles for improving lithium-ion storage in hybrid capacitors

Authors: Zhao-Wei Hu, Hui-Fang Li, Peng Wang, Wan-Li Wang, Lei Yang, Xiao-Jun Wang, Zhi-Ming Liu

Published in: Rare Metals | Issue 1/2024

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config

AI-assisted search

Off

Abstract

Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) of achieving high power and energy density have garnered significant attention. However, the kinetics unbalance between anode and cathode can impede the application of LICs. Vanadium nitride (VN) with a high theoretical specific capacity (~ 1200 mAh·g⁻¹) is a better pseudocapacitive anode to match the response of cathode in LICs. However, the insertion/extraction of Li-ions in VN’s operation results in significant volume expansion. Herein, the VN/N-rGO-5 composite that three-dimentional (3D) dicyandiamide-derived-carbon (DDC) tightly wrapped VN quantum dots (VN QDTs) on two-dimentional (2D) reduced graphene oxid (rGO) was prepared by a facile strategy. The VN QDTs can reduce ion diffusion length and improve charge transfer kinetics. The 2D rGO as a template provides support for nanoparticle dispersion and improves electrical conductivity. The 3D DDC tightly encapsulated with VN QDTs mitigates agglomeration of VN particles as well as volume expansion. Correspondingly, the LICs with VN/N-rGO-5 composite as anode and activated carbon (AC) as cathode were fabricated, which exhibits a high energy density and power density. Such strategy provides a perspective for improving the electrochemical properties of LIC anode materials by suppressing volume expansion and enhancing conductivity.

Graphical abstract

previous article Enhanced potassium storage of carbon nanofibers as binder-free anodes enabled by coupling ultra-small amorphous Sb2O3, graphene modification and sulfur doping

next article Electrochemical reconstruction: a new perspective on Sn metal–organic complex microbelts as robust anode for lithium storage

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Available only for authorised users

[1]

Liu C, Qiu XY, Liu Y, He XJ, Chen ZQ, Liu MD. Research status and prospects of physical separation technology of spent lithium-ion batteries. Chin J Rare Met. 2021;45(4):493. https://doi.org/10.13373/j.cnki.cjrm.XY19080040.CrossRef

[2]

Du YH, Liu XY, Wang XY, Sun JC, Lu QQ, Wang JZ, Omar A, Mikhailova D. Freestanding strontium vanadate/carbon nanotube films for long-life aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Rare Met. 2022;41(2):415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01777-2.CrossRef

[3]

Yang L, Cao X, Wang X, Wang Q, Jiao L. Regulative electronic redistribution of CoTe₂/CoP heterointerfaces for accelerating water splitting. Appl Catal B: Environ. 2023;329:122551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122551.CrossRef

[4]

Han CP, Li HF, Shi RY, Xu L, Li JQ, Kang FY, Li BH. Nanostructured anode materials for non-aqueous lithium ion hybrid capacitors. Energy Environ Mater. 2018;1(2):75. https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.12009.CrossRef

[5]

Shi RY, Han CP, Li HF, Xu L, Zhang TF, Li JQ, Lin ZQ, Wong CP, Kang FY, Li BH. NaCl-templated synthesis of hierarchical porous carbon with extremely large specific surface area and improved graphitization degree for high energy density lithium ion capacitors. J Mater Chem A. 2018;6(35):17057. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA05853A.CrossRef

[6]

Wang WL, Feng M, Hu EZ, Hu ZW, Fan C, Li HF, Wang P, Wang XJ, Liu ZM. Interlayer and intralayer co-modified flexible V₂CTX MXene@SWCNT films for high-power Li-ion capacitors. J Energy Chem. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2022.08.034.CrossRef

[7]

Jiang X, Lu W, Yu XD, Song SY, Xing Y. Fabrication of a vanadium nitride/N-doped carbon hollow nanosphere composite as an efficient electrode material for asymmetric supercapacitors. Nanoscale Adv. 2020;2(9):3865. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00288G.CrossRef

[8]

Li CC, Zhu L, Qi SY, Ge WN, Ma WZ, Zhao Y, Huang RZ, Xu LQ, Qian YT. Ultrahigh-areal-capacity battery anodes enabled by free-standing vanadium nitride@N-doped carbon/graphene architecture. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020;12(44):49607. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00288G.CrossRef

[9]

Li F, Zhang MJ, Chen WY, Cai X, Rao HS, Chang J, Fang YP, Zhong XH, Yang Y, Yang ZH, Yu XY. Vanadium nitride quantum dots/holey graphene matrix boosting adsorption and conversion reaction kinetics for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021;13(26):30746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08113.CrossRef

[10]

Peng X, Li W, Wang L, Hu LS, Jin WH, Gao A, Zhang XM, Huo KF, Chu PK. Lithiation kinetics in high-performance porous vanadium nitride nanosheet anode. Electrochim Acta. 2016;214:201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.023.CrossRef

[11]

Peng T, Guo Y, Zhang YG, Wang YB, Zhang DY, Yang Y, Lu Y, Liu XF, Chu PK, Luo YS. Uniform cobalt nanoparticles-decorated biscuit-like VN nanosheets by in situ segregation for Li-ion batteries and oxygen evolution reaction. App Surf Sci. 2021;536:147982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147982.CrossRef

[12]

El-Khodary SA, Subburam G, Zou BB, Wang J, Qiu JX, Liu XH, Ng DHL, Wang S, Lian JB. Mesoporous silica anchored on reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite as anode for superior lithium-ion capacitor. Rare Met. 2022;41(2):368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01788-z.CrossRef

[13]

Liu WJ, Zhang X, Xu YN, Wang L, Li Z, Li C, Wang K, Sun XZ, An YB, Wu ZS, Ma YW. 2D Graphene/MnO heterostructure with strongly stable interface enabling high-performance flexible solid-state lithium-ion capacitors. Adv Funct Mater. 2022;32(30):2202342. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202202342.CrossRef

[14]

Xiao ZH, Yu ZQ, Gao ZF, Li BF, Zhang MX, Xu CM. S-doped graphene nano-capsules toward excellent low-temperature performance in Li-ion capacitors. J Power Sour. 2022;535:231404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231404.CrossRef

[15]

Yi S, Wang L, Zhang X, Li C, Liu WJ, Wang K, Sun XZ, Xu YN, Yang ZX, Cao Y, Sun J, Ma YW. Cationic intermediates assisted self-assembly two-dimensional Ti₃C₂T_x/rGO hybrid nanoflakes for advanced lithium-ion capacitors. Sci Bull. 2021;66(9):914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2020.12.026.CrossRef

[16]

Wang RT, Lang JW, Zhang P, Lin ZY, Yan XB. Fast and large lithium storage in 3D porous VN nanowires-graphene composite as a superior anode toward high-performance hybrid supercapacitors. Adv Funct Mater. 2015;25(15):2270. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404472.CrossRef

[17]

Liu RJ, Yang LX, Wang WJ, Liu HJ, Zeng CL. Molten salt disproportionation synthesis of nanosized VN wrapped onto carbon fibers with enhanced lithium-ion storage capabilities. J Alloys Compd. 2022;919:165796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.165796.CrossRef

[18]

Fu T, Li PC, He HC, Ding SS, Cai Y, Zhang M. Electrospinning with sulfur powder to prepare CNF@G-Fe₉S₁₀ nanofibers with controllable particles distribution for stable potassium-ion storage. Rare Met. 2022;42(1):111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02103-0.CrossRef

[19]

Wang PF, Dai X, Xu P, Hu SJ, Xiong XY, Zou KY, Guo SW, Sun JJ, Zhang CF, Liu YN, Zhou TF, Chen YZ. Hierarchical and lamellar porous carbon as interconnected sulfur host and polysulfide-proof interlayer for Li-S batteries. eScience. 2022;3(1):100088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esci.2022.100088.CrossRef

[20]

An YB, Liu TY, Li C, Zhang X, Hu T, Sun XZ, Wang K, Wang CD, Ma YW. A general route for the mass production of graphene-enhanced carbon composites toward practical pouch lithium-ion capacitors. J Mater Chem A. 2021;9(28):15654. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA03933D.CrossRef

[21]

Jiang JM, Yuan JR, Nie P, Zhu Q, Chen CL, He WJ, Zhang TF, Dou H, Zhang XG. Hierarchical N-doped hollow carbon microspheres as advanced materials for high-performance lithium-ion capacitors. J Mater Chem A. 2020;8(7):3956. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA08676E.CrossRef

[22]

Yang L, Qin HY, Dong ZH, Wang TZ, Wang GC, Jiao LF. Metallic S-CoTe with surface reconstruction activated by electrochemical oxidation for oxygen evolution catalysis. Small. 2021;17(31):2102027. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202102027.CrossRef

[23]

Liu XQ, Li GS, Wu JJ, Meng LS, Zhang D, Zhang X, Li L. VN nanocrystals on N, S co-doped carbon framework: topochemical self-nitridation and superior performance for lithium-ion battery. Electrochim Acta. 2022;429:140982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140982.CrossRef

[24]

Zhang HY, Hu RZ, Feng SR, Lin ZQ, Zhu M. SiO–Sn₂Fe@C composites with uniformly distributed Sn₂Fe nanoparticles as fast-charging anodes for lithium-ion batteries. eScience. 2022;3(1):100080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esci.2022.10.006.CrossRef

[25]

Zhang JH, Chen ZY, Xu TZ, Ai LF, Xu YH, Zhang XG, Shen LF. Vanadium nitride nanoparticles embedded in carbon matrix with pseudocapacitive behavior for high performance lithium-ion capacitors. Rare Met. 2022;41(7):2460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01950-7.CrossRef

[26]

Zeng FY, Lu T, He WX, Chu SL, Qu YH, Pan Y. In-situ carbon encapsulation of ultrafine VN in yolk-shell nanospheres for highly reversible sodium storage. Carbon. 2021;175:289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.01.025.CrossRef

[27]

Ma LB, Yuan H, Zhang WJ, Zhu GY, Wang YR, Hu Y, Zhao PY, Chen RP, Chen T, Liu J, Hu Z, Jin Z. Porous-shell vanadium nitride nanobubbles with ultrahigh areal sulfur loading for high-capacity and long-life lithium-sulfur batteries. Nano Lett. 2017;17(12):7839. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04084.CrossRef

[28]

Meng XP, Li ZL, Cheng ZB, Li PY, Wang RH, Li XJ. Ammonia-free fabrication of ultrafine vanadium nitride nanoparticles as interfacial mediators for promoting electrochemical behaviors of lithium-sulfur batteries. Nanoscale. 2021;13(10):5292. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR00176K.CrossRef

[29]

Wei BB, Shang CQ, Pan XY, Chen ZH, Shui LL, Wang X, Zhou GF. Lotus root-like nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber structure assembled with VN catalysts as a multifunctional host for superior lithium-sulfur batteries. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019;9(12):1724. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9121724.CrossRef

[30]

Wu HY, Yu Q, Lao CY, Qin ML, Wang W, Liu ZW, Man C, Wang LY, Jia BR, Qu XH. Scalable synthesis of VN quantum dots encapsulated in ultralarge pillared N-doped mesoporous carbon microsheets for superior potassium storage. Energy Storage Mater. 2019;18:43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.09.025.CrossRef

[31]

Zhang LT, Sun JW, Zhao HG, Sun YT, Dai LM, Yao FL, Fu YS, Zhu JW. Gas expansion-assisted preparation of 3D porous carbon nanosheet for high-performance sodium ion hybrid capacitor. J Power Sour. 2020;475:228679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228679.CrossRef

[32]

Yu SL, Sun YJ, Song LX, Cao X, Chen L, An XT, Liu XH, Cai WL, Yao T, Song YZ, Zhang W. Vanadium atom modulated electrocatalyst for accelerated Li-S chemistry. Nano Energy. 2021;89:106414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106414.CrossRef

[33]

Wang P, Gao MX, Pan HG, Zhang JL, Liang C, Wang JH, Zhou P, Liu YF. A facile synthesis of Fe₃O₄/C composite with high cycle stability as anode material for lithium-ion batteries. J Power Sour. 2013;239:466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.073.CrossRef

[34]

Feng M, Wang WL, Hu ZW, Fan C, Zhao XR, Wang P, Li HF, Yang L, Wang XJ, Liu ZM. Engineering chemical-bonded Ti₃C₂ MXene@carbon composite films with 3D transportation channels for promoting lithium-ion storage in hybrid capacitors. Sci China Mater. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-022-2268-9.CrossRef

[35]

Kundu D, Krumeich F, Fotedar R, Nesper R. A nanocrystalline nitride as an insertion anode for Li-ion batteries. J Power Sour. 2015;278:608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.12.087.CrossRef

[36]

Aravindan V, Cheah YL, Mak WF, Wee G, Chowdari B, Madhavi S. Fabrication of high energy-density hybrid supercapacitors using electrospun V₂O₅ nanofibers with a self-supported carbon nanotube network. ChemPlusChem. 2012;77(7):570. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201200023.CrossRef

[37]

Wang HQ, Wang PJ, Gan W, Ci LJ, Li DP, Yuan QH. VS₄ nanoarrays pillared Ti₃C₂T_x with enlarged interlayer spacing as anode for advanced lithium/sodium ion battery and hybrid capacitor. J Power Sour. 2022;534:231412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231412.CrossRef

[38]

Leng K, Zhang F, Zhang L, Zhang TF, Wu YP, Lu YH, Huang Y, Chen YS. Graphene-based Li-ion hybrid supercapacitors with ultrahigh performance. Nano Res. 2013;6(8):581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0334-6.CrossRef

[39]

Kong NZ, Jia MZ, Yang C, Lan JL, Yu YH, Yang XP. Encapsulating V₂O₃ nanoparticles in carbon nanofibers with internal void spaces for a self-supported anode material in superior lithium-ion capacitors. ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2019;7(24):19483. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04419.CrossRef

[40]

Chao J, Yang LH, Zhang HY, Liu JW, Hu RZ, Zhu M. Engineering layer structure of MoS₂/polyaniline/graphene nanocomposites to achieve fast and reversible lithium storage for high energy density aqueous lithium-ion capacitors. J Power Sour. 2020;450:227680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.227680.CrossRef

[41]

Liu C, Wang BW, Xu LQ, Zou KY, Deng WT, Hou HS, Zou GQ, Ji XB. Novel nonstoichiometric niobium oxide anode material with rich oxygen vacancies for advanced lithium-ion capacitors. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2023;15(4):5387. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c22206.CrossRef

Title: 2D–3D dual carbon layer confined ultrasmall VN nanoparticles for improving lithium-ion storage in hybrid capacitors
Authors: Zhao-Wei Hu
Hui-Fang Li
Peng Wang
Wan-Li Wang
Lei Yang
Xiao-Jun Wang
Zhi-Ming Liu
Publication date: 11-11-2023
Publisher: Nonferrous Metals Society of China
Published in: Rare Metals / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1001-0521
Electronic ISSN: 1867-7185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02432-8

Springer Professional

Abstract

Graphical abstract

Please log in to get access to your license.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Technik"

Other articles of this Issue 1/2024

Carbon steel anticorrosion performance and mechanism of sodium lignosulfonate

Constructing a 3D multichannel structure to enhance performance of Ni–Co–Mn hydroxide electrodes for flexible supercapacitors

Evolution of In783 alloy in microstructure and properties enduring different service times

Vertical two-dimensional WS2 flakes grown on flexible CNT film for excellent electrochemical performance

Deep insight of unique phase transition behaviors and mechanism in Zr2Co-H isotope system with ultra-low equilibrium pressure

Al-doped ZnO/WO3 heterostructure films prepared by magnetron sputtering for isopropanol sensors

Premium Partners