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Preparation and electrochemical properties of α-MnO2/rGO-PPy composite as cathode material for zinc-ion battery

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Aqueous zinc-ion secondary batteries (ZIBs), especially Zn-MnO2 aqueous battery, have been stirred up widespread concern due to the high capacity, environmental friendliness, and reliable safety performance. However, low conductivity of MnO2 and the dissolution of manganese will hinder its application as cathode material for ZIBs with high rate performance and excellent cycle stability. In this work, α-MnO2/rGO nanowires were coated with conductive polypyrrole via in situ self-polymerization. As used as cathode material for ZIBs, α-MnO2/rGO-PPy shows the reversible capacity of 248.8 mAh g−1 at 0.5 A g−1 and still achieves 213.8 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles, demonstrating much enhanced performance compared with α-MnO2/rGO and α-MnO2. The excellent performances should be due to the polypyrrole coating and incorporation of reduced graphene oxide, which not only alleviate the dissolution of Mn but also improve the conductivity of the whole electrode.

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The authors thank for funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( No. 91961126, No. 22078029, 21771062), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, the Qing Lan Project of Education Department of Jiangsu Province and the Opening Project of Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province of China (No. 2020CL08).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, People’s Republic of China

    Tong Niu, Jianbin Li, Yanli Qi & Yurong Ren

  2. Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for the Construction & Development of Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Treatment Functional Materials, Hunan Province Engineering Research Center of Electroplating Wastewater Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, 415000, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaobing Huang

  3. Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology for the New Energy Vehicle Power Battery, Changzhou, 213164, People’s Republic of China

    Yurong Ren

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Niu, T., Li, J., Qi, Y. et al. Preparation and electrochemical properties of α-MnO2/rGO-PPy composite as cathode material for zinc-ion battery. J Mater Sci 56, 16582–16590 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06266-6

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