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Effect of calcination temperature on electrochemical performance of niobium oxides/carbon composites

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Orthorhombic niobium pentoxide (T-Nb2O5) possesses an intercalation pseudocapacitive behavior, which is a promising candidate of high-rate anodes for Li-ion capacitors. However, its low electric conductivity hinders the realization of this property. In our study, niobium oxides/carbon composites were prepared by calcinating a niobium peroxo-PAA complex (NbPAA) precursor to improve the electric conductivity. It has been found that the calcination temperature played an important role on the chemical compositions of obtained composites. A reduction phenomenon of niobium oxides by carbon was observed at high temperatures. At the medium temperature of 900 °C, the sample was composed of T-Nb2O5, monoclinic Nb2O5 (M-Nb2O5), amorphous carbon and niobium dioxide (NbO2). Due to the high conductivity of carbon, semi-conductivity of NbO2, and high specific capacity of M-Nb2O5, this sample exhibits a good specific capacity of 142 mAh g−1 (0.25 C) and a high-rate capability (capacity retention of 33.1%, 0.25 C to 25 C). It could be used as one of high-rate anodes for Li-ion capacitors.

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This work is supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports, Czech Republic INTER-EXCELLENCE program under the grant agreement No. LTT20005. It is also supported by the project RP/CPS/2020/005.

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  1. Centre of Polymer Systems, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 760 01, Zlín, Czech Republic

    Haojie Fei, Natalia Kazantseva, Marek Jurca, David Skoda, Michal Urbanek, Pavel Urbanek & Michal Machovsky

  2. University Institute, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 760 01, Zlín, Czech Republic

    Viera Pechancova & Petr Saha

  3. Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 41, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Nikola Bugarova

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Fei, H., Kazantseva, N., Pechancova, V. et al. Effect of calcination temperature on electrochemical performance of niobium oxides/carbon composites. J Mater Sci 57, 8504–8515 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-06931-4

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