Hybrid Na-ion capacitors(NICs)have received considerable interests owing to their low-cost,high-safety,and rapidly charging energy-storage characteristics.The NICs are composed of a capacitor-type cathode and a batter...Hybrid Na-ion capacitors(NICs)have received considerable interests owing to their low-cost,high-safety,and rapidly charging energy-storage characteristics.The NICs are composed of a capacitor-type cathode and a battery-type anode.The major challenge for NICs is to search for suitable electrode materials to overcome the sluggish diffusion of Na^(+)in the anode.Herein,ultrafine vanadium sulfide is encapsulated in carbon fiber(V_(3)S_(4)@CNF)as a self-supported electrode by electrospinning and in situ sulfurization.The carbon cladding and one-dimensional(ID)nanofiber network-like structure could alleviate the volume expansion of V_(3)S_(4)during Na^(+)de-/intercalation process.Consequently,the V_(3)S_(4)@CNF anode exhibited a pseudocapacitive sodium storage in terms of large Na^(+)-storage capacity(476 mAh·g^(-1)at 0.1A·g^(-1)),high-rate capability(290 mAh·g^(-1)at 20.0 A·g^(-1))and excellent cycling stability(95%capacity retention for1500 cycles at 2.0 A·g^(-1))in Na half-cells.By employing V_(3)S_(4)@CNF as the anode and the activated carbon(AC)cathode,the as-assembled NICs could deliver a high energy density of 110 Wh·kg^(-1)at a power density of200 W·kg^(-1).Even at a high power of 10,000 W·kg^(-1),the specific energy is still up to 42 Wh·kg^(-1).展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22279122)Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LZ22B030004)the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion(No.J22-23-909)。
文摘Hybrid Na-ion capacitors(NICs)have received considerable interests owing to their low-cost,high-safety,and rapidly charging energy-storage characteristics.The NICs are composed of a capacitor-type cathode and a battery-type anode.The major challenge for NICs is to search for suitable electrode materials to overcome the sluggish diffusion of Na^(+)in the anode.Herein,ultrafine vanadium sulfide is encapsulated in carbon fiber(V_(3)S_(4)@CNF)as a self-supported electrode by electrospinning and in situ sulfurization.The carbon cladding and one-dimensional(ID)nanofiber network-like structure could alleviate the volume expansion of V_(3)S_(4)during Na^(+)de-/intercalation process.Consequently,the V_(3)S_(4)@CNF anode exhibited a pseudocapacitive sodium storage in terms of large Na^(+)-storage capacity(476 mAh·g^(-1)at 0.1A·g^(-1)),high-rate capability(290 mAh·g^(-1)at 20.0 A·g^(-1))and excellent cycling stability(95%capacity retention for1500 cycles at 2.0 A·g^(-1))in Na half-cells.By employing V_(3)S_(4)@CNF as the anode and the activated carbon(AC)cathode,the as-assembled NICs could deliver a high energy density of 110 Wh·kg^(-1)at a power density of200 W·kg^(-1).Even at a high power of 10,000 W·kg^(-1),the specific energy is still up to 42 Wh·kg^(-1).