Journal
SMALL
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804539
Keywords
carbon nanofibers; flexible; mesoporous; Nb2O5; sodium-ion capacitors
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51702295, 51702294, 51772116]
- HUST
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY18B030004]
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Hybrid Na-ion capacitors (NICs) are receiving considerable interest because they combine the merits of both batteries and supercapacitors and because of the low-cost of sodium resources. However, further large-scale deployment of NICs is impeded by the sluggish diffusion of Na+ in the anode. To achieve rapid redox kinetics, herein the controlled fabrication of mesoporous orthorhombic-Nb2O5 (T-Nb2O5)/carbon nanofiber (CNF) networks is demonstrated via in situ SiO2-etching. The as-obtained mesoporous T-Nb2O5 (m-Nb2O5)/CNF membranes are mechanically flexible without using any additives, binders, or current collectors. The in situ formed mesopores can efficiently increase Na+-storage performances of the m-Nb2O5/CNF electrode, such as excellent rate capability (up to 150 C) and outstanding cyclability (94% retention after 10 000 cycles at 100 C). A flexible NIC device based on the m-Nb2O5/CNF anode and the graphene framework (GF)/mesoporous carbon nanofiber (mCNF) cathode, is further constructed, and delivers an ultrahigh power density of 60 kW kg(-1) at 55 Wh kg(-1) (based on the total weight of m-Nb2O5/CNF and GF/mCNF). More importantly, owing to the free-standing flexible electrode configuration, the m-Nb2O5/CNF//GF/mCNF NIC exhibits high volumetric energy and power densities (11.2 mWh cm(-3), 5.4 W cm(-3)) based on the full device, which holds great promise in a wide variety of flexible electronics.
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