期刊
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 606, 期 -, 页码 607-617出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.053
关键词
Energy storage; Supercapacitor; OER activation; Microstructure; Ionic conductivity; Hydrophilicity; Active sites; Oxyhydroxide; Interface; Phase transformation
资金
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) - Ministry of Education [2019R1F1A1060835, 2020R1A6A1A03038817]
- Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) [2020R1A2C2101759]
- Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) - Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE), Republic of Korea [20194010201750]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2019R1F1A1060835] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Zinc ferrite@nickel foam (ZF@Nf) is a promising commercial supercapacitor electrode with potential for high performance due to its engineered interfacial microstructure and hydrophilicity. The study demonstrates that these factors contribute to increased specific capacitance and long-term stability, providing a blueprint for future energy-storage electrode design. Strong ionic interaction at the interface and polycrystallinity ensure enhanced electroactive surface area and decreased ion diffusion resistance, leading to excellent electrochemical performance.
Zinc ferrite@nickel foam (ZF@Nf) is a potential commercial supercapacitor electrode due to its large theoretical capacity, abundant elemental composition, excellent conductivity, and stability. However, deficient active sites limit its specific capacitance (SC). Herein, we demonstrate that engineering ZF's interfacial microstructure and hydrophilicity mitigate this limitation. ZF@Nf is used as the working electrode in a 3-electrode cell and subjected to multiple oxygen evolution reaction cycles in potassium hydroxide. Systematic changes in ZF's porosity, crystallinity, hydrophilicity, and composition after each cycle were characterised using spectroscopy, sorption isotherm, microscopy and photography techniques. During cycling, the edges of ZF partially phase-transform into a dense polycrystalline zinc(iron) oxyhydroxide film via semi-reversible oxidation resulting in zinc(iron)oxyhydroxide/ZF interface formation. The maximum ion-accessible zinc(iron)oxyhydroxide film density is obtained after 1000 cycles. Strong ionic interaction at the interface induces high hydrophilicity, this together with the 3dimensional diffusion channels of the zinc(iron)oxyhydroxide significantly increase electroactive surface area and decrease ion diffusion resistance. Consequently, the SC, energy density, and rate-capability of the interface compare favourably with state-of-the-art electrodes. The strong interfacial interaction and polycrystallinity also ensure long-term electrochemical stability. This study proves the direct correlation between interfacial microstructure and hydrophilicity, and SC which provides a blueprint for future energy-storage electrode design. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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