Hierarchical Structured SrV<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>/2D-V<sub>2</sub>CT<sub>X</sub> MXene Nanohybrid Material for Robust and High-Capacity Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries
Lena Seyfarth, Sajan Raj S L, Vigna Kumaran, Saradh Prasad Rajendra, Mohamad S. AlSalhi, Subramania Angaiah
Abstract
High capacity, good cyclic stability, and high energy density cathode materials for aqueous Zn-ion batteries are an ongoing challenge for researchers. Here, we prepared SrV 2 O 6 nanoparticles by a simple hydrothermal method to use as the cathode material for Zn-ion batteries, which has a moderate specific capacity and cyclic stability. To further increase its electrode performance, SrV 2 O 6 nanoparticle-anchored 2D-V 2 CT x MXene is successfully fabricated, which has a significant improvement in specific capacity and structural stability than the SrV 2 O 6 -based electrode. The prepared electrode material displays an initial high specific capacity of 348 mA h g –1 at 0.1 C rate because of the large specific surface area and high electrical conductivity. It exhibits cyclic stability of more than 1000 cycles with 79% of capacity retention. The material shows a better performance with a high energy density of 330 Wh kg –1 at a power density of 245 Wg –1 . This work will expand the available options to develop metal−vanadium-oxide-based electrode materials for energy storage devices.