Coupling W<sub>18</sub>O<sub>49</sub>/Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<i><sub>x</sub></i> MXene Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Redox Electrolytes to Construct High‐Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Shuang Liu, Ting Zeng, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qijin Wan, Nianjun Yang
Abstract
Abstract A pseudocapacitive electrode with a large surface area is critical for the construction of a high‐performance supercapacitor. A 3D and interconnected network composed of W 18 O 49 nanoflowers and Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene nanosheets is thus synthesized using an electrostatic attraction strategy. This composite effectively prevents the restacking of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene nanosheets and meanwhile sufficiently exposes electrochemically active sites of W 18 O 49 nanoflowers. Namely, this self‐assembled composite owns abundant oxygen vacancies from W 18 O 49 nanoflowers and enough active sites from Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene nanosheets. As a pseudocapacitive electrode, it shows a big specific capacitance, superior rate capability and good cycle stability. A quasi‐solid‐state asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) is then fabricated using this pseudocapacitive anode and the cathode of activated carbon coupled with a redox electrolyte of FeBr 3 . This ASC displays a cell voltage of 1.8 V, a capacitance of 101 F g −1 at a current density of 1 A g −1 , a maximum energy density of 45.4 Wh kg −1 at a power density of 900 W kg −1 , and a maximum power density of 18 000 W kg −1 at an energy density of 10.8 Wh kg −1 . The proposed strategies are promising to synthesize different pseudocapacitive electrodes as well as to fabricate high‐performance supercapacitor devices.