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In-plane grain boundary induced defect state in hierarchical NiCo-LDH and effect on battery-type charge storage

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Domain boundaries are regarded as the effective active sites for electrochemical energy storage materials due to defects enrichment therein. However, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) tend to grow into single crystalline nano sheets due to their unique two-dimentional (2D) lattice structure. Previously, much efforts were made on the designing hierarchical structure to provide more exposed electroactive sites as well as accelerate the mass transfer. Herein, we demonstrate a strategy to introduce low angle grain boundary (LAGB) in the flakes of Ni/Co layered double hydroxides (NiCo-LDHs). These defect-rich nano flakes were self-assembled into hydrangea-like spheres that further constructed hollow cage structure. Both the formation of hierarchical structure and grain boundaries are interpreted with the synergistic effect of Ni2+/Co2+ ratio in an “etching-growth” process. The domain boundary defect also results in the preferential formation of oxygen vacancy (Vo). Additionally, density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that Co substitution is a critical factor for the formation of adjacent lattice defects, which contributes to the formation of domains boundary. The fabricated battery-type Faradaic NiCo-LDH-2 electrode material exhibits significantly enhanced specific capacitance of 899 C·g−1 at a current density of 1 A·g−1. NiCo-LDH-2//AC asymmetric capacitor shows a maximum energy density of 101.1 Wh·kg−1 at the power density of 1.5 kW·kg−1.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52171082 and 51001091) and the Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province (No. 21IRTSTHN003). This work was also partially supported by the provincial scientific research program of Henan (No. 182102310815) and Nuclear Material Technology Innovation Fund for National Defense Technology Industry (No. ICNM-2021-YZ-02).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resource and Materials of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Jinjin Ban, Xiaohan Wen, Guoqin Cao, Xinhong Liu, Guosheng Shao & Junhua Hu

  2. State Center for International Cooperation on Designer Low-carbon & Environmental Materials (CDLCEM), Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Xiaohan Wen, Guoqin Cao, Guosheng Shao & Junhua Hu

  3. Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Metal Fuel Battery, Foguang Power Generation Equipment Co. Ltd, 50 Holly Street, Zhengzhou, 450000, China

    Honghong Lei

  4. International Laboratory for Quantum Functional Materials of Henan, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Chunyao Niu

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Ban, J., Wen, X., Lei, H. et al. In-plane grain boundary induced defect state in hierarchical NiCo-LDH and effect on battery-type charge storage. Nano Res. 16, 4908–4916 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4485-1

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