{"title":"Enhanced dynamics of Al3+/H+ ions in aqueous aluminum ion batteries: Construction of metastable structures in vanadium pentoxide upon oxygen vacancies","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2024.09.062","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, aqueous aluminum ion batteries have been widely studied owing to their abundant energy storage and high theoretical capacity. An in-depth study of vanadium oxide materials is necessary to address the precipitation of insoluble products covered cathode surface and the slow reaction kinetics. Therefore, a method using a simple one-step hydrothermal preparation and oxalic acid to regulate oxygen vacancies has been reported. A high starting capacity (400 mAh g<sup>−1</sup>) can be achieved by O<sub>v</sub><img>V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, and it is capable of undergoing 200 cycles at 0.4 A g<sup>−1</sup>, with a termination discharge capacity of 103 mAh g<sup>−1</sup>. Mechanism analysis demonstrated that metastable structures (Al<sub>x</sub>V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> and H<sub>x</sub>V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>) were constructed through the insertion of Al<sup>3+</sup>/H<sup>+</sup> during discharging, which existed in the lattice intercalation with V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>. The incorporation of oxygen vacancies lowers the reaction energy barrier while improving the ion transport efficiency. In addition, the metastable structure allows the electrostatic interaction between Al<sup>3+</sup> and the main backbone to establish protection and optimize the transport channel. In parallel, this work exploits ex-situ characterization and DFT to obtain a profound insight into the instrumental effect of oxygen vacancies in the construction of metastable structures during in-situ electrochemical activation, with a view to better understanding the mechanism of the synergistic participation of Al<sup>3+</sup> and H<sup>+</sup> in the reaction. This work not only reports a method for cathode materials to modulate oxygen vacancies, but also lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of the metastable structure of vanadium oxides.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095495624007046","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Energy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In recent years, aqueous aluminum ion batteries have been widely studied owing to their abundant energy storage and high theoretical capacity. An in-depth study of vanadium oxide materials is necessary to address the precipitation of insoluble products covered cathode surface and the slow reaction kinetics. Therefore, a method using a simple one-step hydrothermal preparation and oxalic acid to regulate oxygen vacancies has been reported. A high starting capacity (400 mAh g−1) can be achieved by OvV2O5, and it is capable of undergoing 200 cycles at 0.4 A g−1, with a termination discharge capacity of 103 mAh g−1. Mechanism analysis demonstrated that metastable structures (AlxV2O5 and HxV2O5) were constructed through the insertion of Al3+/H+ during discharging, which existed in the lattice intercalation with V2O5. The incorporation of oxygen vacancies lowers the reaction energy barrier while improving the ion transport efficiency. In addition, the metastable structure allows the electrostatic interaction between Al3+ and the main backbone to establish protection and optimize the transport channel. In parallel, this work exploits ex-situ characterization and DFT to obtain a profound insight into the instrumental effect of oxygen vacancies in the construction of metastable structures during in-situ electrochemical activation, with a view to better understanding the mechanism of the synergistic participation of Al3+ and H+ in the reaction. This work not only reports a method for cathode materials to modulate oxygen vacancies, but also lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of the metastable structure of vanadium oxides.
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The Journal of Energy Chemistry, the official publication of Science Press and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, serves as a platform for reporting creative research and innovative applications in energy chemistry. It mainly reports on creative researches and innovative applications of chemical conversions of fossil energy, carbon dioxide, electrochemical energy and hydrogen energy, as well as the conversions of biomass and solar energy related with chemical issues to promote academic exchanges in the field of energy chemistry and to accelerate the exploration, research and development of energy science and technologies.
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