Volume 9, Issue 2 2000769
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Fabrication of the Oxygen Vacancy Amorphous MnO2/Carbon Nanotube as Cathode for Advanced Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

Hao Tong

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Hao Tong

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Tingting Li

Tingting Li

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Jiang Liu

Jiang Liu

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Daxiong Gong

Daxiong Gong

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Jinpan Xiao

Jinpan Xiao

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Laifa Shen

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Laifa Shen

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Bing Ding

Bing Ding

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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Xiaogang Zhang

Xiaogang Zhang

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016 P. R. China

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First published: 01 December 2020
Citations: 42

Abstract

The serious limitations of MnO2 are poor electrical conductivity and low utilization rate of electrochemical active area. These problems have seriously limited the application of MnO2 aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). Herein, preparing MnO2 uniformly loaded on carbon nanotubes with good electrical conductivity can greatly improve the poor electrical conductivity of MnO2. Moreover, by introducing oxygen vacancy, the surface capacitance, the reaction kinetics, and the electrochemical performance of MnO2 is increased. The specific capacity of the Vo-MnO2/CNT material is 314 mAh g−1, at 0.2 A g−1, and capacity retention of 81% is achieved after 1000 cycles. In particular, the prepared device presents a distinct energy density of 416.2 Wh kg−1. As a result, the capacity as well as the cycle stability is effectively improved compared with the original MnO2.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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