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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 17, 期 7, 页码 5256-5264出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05591h
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- Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES), an Energy Frontier Research Centre (EFRC) - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DESC0001160]
Magnesium batteries have been considered to be one of the promising beyond lithium ion technologies due to magnesium's abundance, safety, and high volumetric capacity. However, very few materials show reversible performance as a cathode in magnesium ion systems. We present herein the best reported cycling performances of MnO2 as a magnesium battery cathode material. We show that the previously reported poor Mg2+ insertion/deinsertion capacities in MnO2 can be greatly improved by synthesizing self-standing nanowires and introducing a small amount of water molecules into the electrolyte. Electrochemical and elemental analysis results revealed that the magnitude of Mg2+ insertion into MnO2 highly depends on the ratio between water molecules and Mg2+ ions present in the electrolyte and the highest Mg2+ insertion capacity was observed at a ratio of 6H(2)O/Mg2+ in the electrolyte. We demonstrate for the first time, that MnO2 nanowire electrode can be activated'' for Mg2+ insertion/deinsertion by cycling in water containing electrolyte resulting in enhanced reversible Mg2+ insertion/deinsertion even with the absence of water molecules. The MnO2 nanowire electrode cycled in dry Mg electrolyte after activation in water-containing electrolyte showed an initial capacity of 120 mA h g(-1) at a rate of 0.4 C and maintained 72% of its initial capacity after 100 cycles.
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