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A facile strategy to unlock the high capacity of vanadium-based cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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High-capacity cathode materials are highly important for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs). However, the capacity output of cathode materials still remains far from their theoretical values. Herein, we report a facile strategy by integrating a small amount of multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) into (NH4)2V6O16 vanadium-based ammonium hexavanadate (NVO) that greatly improves the capacity for zinc-ion storage. Specifically, the NVO/MWCNT composite cathode presents a high specific capacity of 462.8 mAh g−1 at 0.5 A g−1 and 120.2 mAh g−1 at 5 A g−1 with excellent cyclic stability of 92.6% capacity retention after 1000 cycles. Additionally, the structural evolution of cathode material and zinc-ion storage mechanism are further analyzed with a series of voltage-dependent spectroscopic investigation. The performance improvement of NVO/MWCNT cathode is ascribed to the enlargement of interfacial area of NVO nanorods with the electrolyte and promotion of electron transfer within NVO cathode. This work gives a new approach for development of cathode material of ZIBs.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21975180).

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    Lin Gou, Xingjiang Liu & Qiang Xu

  2. School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Wentao Zhao

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Huan Li

  4. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology On Power Sources, Tianjin Institute of Power Sources, Tianjin, 300384, People’s Republic of China

    Xingjiang Liu

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Gou, L., Zhao, W., Li, H. et al. A facile strategy to unlock the high capacity of vanadium-based cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 28, 113–123 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05673-w

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