Phase-pure VO2 nanoporous structure for binder-free supercapacitor performances.
Sci Rep
; 9(1): 4621, 2019 Mar 15.
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ABSTRACT
Vanadium oxides are anticipated as a high-performance energy storage electrode due to their coupled double layer and pseudo-capacitative charge storage mechanism. In the present work, we investigated the influence of different structural phases of as-grown VO2 nanoporous structure and corresponding oxidation states on the supercapacitor performance. This nanoporous structure facilitates fast ion diffusion and transport. It is shown that stoichiometric monoclinic VO2, with V oxidation state of +4, provides superior charge storage capacity with a capacitance value of 33 mF/cm2, capacitance retention of 93.7% and Coulombic efficiency of 98.2%, to those for VO2 structures with mixed oxidation states of V5+ and V4+. A comparable high energy density is also recorded for the sample with all V4+. Scanning Kelvin probe microscopy results clarify further the formation of space charge region between VO2 and carbon paper. These key findings indicate the potentiality of binder-free single phase monoclinic VO2 porous structure towards the next-generation micro-supercapacitor application.
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