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Engineering oxygen vacancies and surface chemical reconstruction of MOF-derived hierarchical CoO/Ni2P-Co2P nanosheet arrays for advanced aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Li, Zhihao; Jiao, Qiang; He, Shu-Ang; He, Guanjie; Cen, Ze; Yang, Fang; Zou, Rujia; (2021) Engineering oxygen vacancies and surface chemical reconstruction of MOF-derived hierarchical CoO/Ni2P-Co2P nanosheet arrays for advanced aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Dalton Transactions , 50 (47) pp. 17538-17548. 10.1039/d1dt03193g. Green open access

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Abstract

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are emerging as promising alternatives among various energy storage devices. However, the lack of research on cathode materials with both high capacity and electrochemical stability restricts widespread applications of ZIBs. Herein, surface chemical reconstruction and partial phosphorization strategies are employed to synthesize MOF-derived hierarchical CoO/Ni2P-Co2P nanosheet arrays on Ni foam substrates as cathodes for ZIBs. The unique hierarchical nanostructure and multiple components with exposed surfaces and rich oxygen vacancies accelerate charge transfer and ion diffusion, expose more active sites, and promote the accessibility between the active materials and electrolyte. The oxide/phosphide composites obtained by novel partial phosphorization achieve a common improvement of performance and stability. As expected, the CoO/Ni2P-Co2P electrode delivers a high specific capacity (370.4 mA h g-1 at 3 A g-1) and excellent rate performance (63.3% retention after a six-fold increase in the current density). Moreover, when employed as the cathode of the CoO/Ni2P-Co2P-30//Zn battery, the assembled battery exhibits a superior specific capacity (322.8 mA h g-1 at 2 A g-1), a long cycle life (104.9% retention after 6000 cycles), a favorable energy density (547.5 W h kg-1) and power density (9.7 kW kg-1). Therefore, this study provides a suitable candidate which meets the requirements of high-performance cathode materials for ZIBs.

Type: Article
Title: Engineering oxygen vacancies and surface chemical reconstruction of MOF-derived hierarchical CoO/Ni2P-Co2P nanosheet arrays for advanced aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03193g
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt03193g
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear, Chemistry, HIGH-CAPACITY, HIGH-ENERGY, LONG-LIFE, CATHODE, INTERFACE, ULTRAFAST, EFFICIENT, HYBRID
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
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URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146364
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