期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 14, 期 45, 页码 51519-51530出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15131
关键词
liquid metals; interfaces; supercapacitors; tellurium; gallium; energy storage
资金
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship [FL180100053]
- ARC Centre of Excellence FLEET [CE170100039]
- UNSW Electron Microscope Unit (EMU)
Liquid metals can be activated by immersing them in solutions to create energized liquid-liquid interfaces, promoting chemical reactions. This phenomenon is utilized to deposit tin-doped tellurium films onto substrates and fabricate supercapacitor electrodes. The tin-doped tellurium exhibits pseudocapacitive behavior and the flexible electrodes demonstrate excellent mechanical stability and high power and energy densities.
Liquid metals can be surface activated to generate a controlled galvanic potential by immersing them in aqueous solutions. This creates energized liquid-liquid interfaces that can promote interfacial chemical reactions. Here we utilize this interfacial phenomenon of liquid metals to deposit thin films of tin-doped tellurium onto rigid and flexible substrates. This is accomplished by exposing liquid metals to a precursor solution of Sn2+ and HTeO2+ ions. The ability to paint liquid metals onto substrates enables us to fabricate supercapacitor electrodes of liquid metal films with an intimately connected surface layer of tin-doped tellurium. The tin-doped tellurium exhibits a pseudocapacitive behavior in 1.0 M Na2SO4 electrolyte and records a specific capacitance of 184.06 F center dot g-1 (5.74 mF center dot cm-2) at a scan rate of 10 mV center dot s-1. Flexible supercapacitor electrodes are also fabricated by painting liquid metals onto polypropylene sheets and subsequently depositing tin-doped tellurium thin films. These flexible electrodes show outstanding mechanical stability even when experiencing a complete 180 degrees bend as well as exhibit high power and energy densities of 160 W center dot cm-3 and 31 mWh center dot cm-3, respectively. Overall, this study demonstrates the attractive features of liquid metals in creating energy storage devices and exemplifies their use as media for synthesizing electrochemically active materials.
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