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Synthesis and properties of manganese-doped ZnO@2Mn1−xMxCO3 composite cathode material for zinc-ion batteries

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Although manganase-based compounds are redeemed as a promising material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries, its electrochemical performance is limited by its natural defects, which hinders the large-scale application of this material. In order to improve its electrochemical performance, doping and hydrothermal method are adopted as the main synthesis method, and manganese-doped ZnO@2Mn1−xMxCO3 zinc-ion battery cathode material was synthesized. After the synthesis, electrochemical performance tests were conducted toward the materials to discover the optimized synthesized condition and the material with the best performance which is ZnO@2Mn0.99Fe0.01CO3 in this paper. In order to analyze the composition and microstructure of materials, further physical characterization experiments were conducted. The XRD characterization of the material shows that ZnO@2Mn0.99Fe0.01CO3 material has good crystallinity and is composed of rhombic MnCO3 material and hexagonal wurtzite structure ZnO. Through the SEM characterization, it can be found that there are two structures of the ZnO@2Mn0.99Fe0.01CO3 material: regular cube and hollow sphere, and it can be seen from the element scanning map that various elements are distributed in these two structures. Through XPS atlas analysis of the corresponding elements, the valence states of Zn, Mn, C, and O elements are consistent with those of MnCO3 and ZnO materials. The positions of absorption peaks in IR and Raman spectra are corresponding to MnCO3 and ZnO materials. Through the results above and comprehensive analysis, it can be concluded that by combining with zinc oxide and doping metal elements, the MnCO3 do not change but the electrochemical performance of MnCO3 has been improved.

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  1. College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000, China

    Ling Li & Yanwei Zhang

  2. State Grid International Development Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100006, China

    Jiyao Zhou

  3. FENGFAN Co., Ltd, Baoding, 071000, China

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LL contributed to the experimental process and data analysis; XP and YZ contributed to the physical characterization of materials; and JZ was involved in original draft preparation and editing. All the authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Li, L., Zhou, J., Pei, X. et al. Synthesis and properties of manganese-doped ZnO@2Mn1−xMxCO3 composite cathode material for zinc-ion batteries. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1584 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11009-1

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