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The dual modification of MXene hybridization and cut-off voltage adjustment endows MoS2/Ti3C2Tx with enhanced reaction kinetics and satisfactory electrochemical performance.

A polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanofibers/dimethyl sulfoxide hydrogel electrolyte with superior freezing tolerance was fabricated and applied in zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors.

The VSe2–ZrO2/C/MXene composite derived from a MXene-MOF hybrid with excellent cycling stability and high reversible capacity exhibited satisfying lithium-ion storage performancedde.

A MoS2/Ti3C2Tx hybrid with dual modification of the reaction kinetics and SEI layers in ether-based electrolyte exhibits excellent sodium storage performance.

Transition metal phosphides, especially bimetallic phosphides, are promising noble-metal-free electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, their inferior charge transfer ability constrains further performance improvement. In this work, a facile strategy is reported to fabricate Co

In this work, nitrogen and fluorine co-doped porous carbon nanosheets (NFPCNS) were fabricated from pharmaceutical drug residues derived from the fermentation synthesis of lincomycin hydrochloride via high-temperature pyrolysis and subsequent KOH activation without adding any nitrogen and fluorine reagents. The obtained NFPCNS exhibits an optimized integration of three dimensional interconnected nanosheet structure, large specific surface area of 2912 m

Hypothesis One prevailing method to construct excellent temperature tolerance/long-lasting moisture hydrogels is to couple the original hydrogel networks with freezing-tolerant/moisture retaining agents, including ionic liquids, inorganic salts, zwitterionic osmolytes, and polyhydric alcohols. Among them, organohydrogels have shed new light on the development of ionic skins with long-term usability and stable sensing performance at subzero temperatures due to their long-lasting water retention and anti-freezing capability. Experiments We report a dual network organohydrogel by doping conductive ZnSO4 into the double network hydrogel of polyvinyl alcohol-polyacrylamide (PVA-PAM) with subsequent immersing in a mixed solvent of ethylene glycol (EG) and H2O. The anti-freezing and moisture retaining abilities of the PVA/PAM/Zn/EG (PPZE) organohydrogel were studied and the sensing performances of the PPZE organohydrogel-based ionic skin were investigated. Findings The organohydrogel exhibits a high conductivity (0.44 S m−1), excellent fatigue resistance and exceptional moisture retaining ability with more than 99.3% of the initial weight retention after 31 days storage at ambient temperature. Importantly, the PPZE organohydrogel-based ionic skin shows an ultra-low temperature anti-freezing ability and remains flexibility and sensing capability with a high sensitivity (signal response time ∼ 0.23 s) even at -50 °C. The PPZE organohydrogel demonstrates a tremendous potential in artificial skin and health monitoring.

Metal sulfides are recognized as potential candidates for the anode materials of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) because of their high theoretical capacity. However, the low reaction kinetics of metal sulfides leads to their poor cycle life and rate performance, which limits their practical application in the field of energy storage. In this work, we synthesized a self-assembled carbon-free vanadium sulfide (V3S4) nanosheet via a facile and efficient method. The unique mesoporous nanostructure of V3S4 can not only accelerate the migration of ions/electrons, but also alleviate the volume expansion during the lithium ion insertion/extraction process. When used as the anode material of LIBs, the carbon-free V3S4 electrode exhibits remarkable electrochemical performance with ultra-high charge capacity (1099.3 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1), superior rate capability (668.8 mAh g-1 at 2 A g-1 and 588.8 mAh g-1 at 5 A g-1) and impressive cycling ability (369.6 mAh g-1 after 200 cycles at 10 A g -1), which is very competitive compared with those of most metal sulfides-based anode materials reported so far. The strategy in this work provides inspiration for the rational design of advanced nanostructured electrode materials for energy storage devices.

Magnesium ion supercapacitor assembled by MoS2 with expanded layer spacing as the anode displays larger capacitance and excellent long-term cycling stability.

K+ intercalated MnO2 as the cathode material for aqueous magnesium-ion hybrid supercapacitors exhibits high energy density and ultra-long cycling life.

The amorphization design of MoO2/MoS2in situ supported by nitrogen-doped carbon leads to robust sodium storage performance at low temperatures.

KFSI salt as an additive in electrolyte can enable highly reversible and nondendritic plating–stripping of Na metal anodes.

Recently, Coordination Polymers (CPs) have been widely utilized as energy storage materials for reversible Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) benefiting from their tunable building blocks and adjusted electrochemical properties. However, the unsatisfied electrochemical behavior of CPs with poor conductivity and sluggish ion transport kinetics is still a bottle-neck for their large-scale energy storage applications in LIBs. Herein, we display the rational fabrication of a conductive Sn-based coordination polymer (Sn-DHTPA) via judiciously choosing suitable building units. The Sn-DHTPA is employed as anode for LIBs, exhibiting superior reversible storage capacity of 1142.6 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 after 100 cycles and impressive rate storage capability of 287.7 mA h g−1 at 20 A g−1. More importantly, a robust cycling performance of 205.5 mA h g−1 at an extra-high current density of 20 A g−1 are observed without remarkable capacity-fading up to 1000 cycles. The behavior superiority of Sn-DHTPA is related to its advanced architecture with abundant lithium storage sites, high electrical conductivity and rapid lithium transport. A series of ex-situ characterizations reveal that the impressive lithium storage capacity is contributed by the redox active sites of both the aromatic linker and metal center related to in-situ generated metallic nanoparticles dispersed in the skeleton.

An N-doped carbon@Cu core–shell photothermal material with rapid thermal response and superior evaporation rate was prepared and applied for solar desalination.

The state-of-art progress of alloy-type anodes for potassium-ion batteries and their K+ storage mechanism and structure-property relationship are summarized.

A novel memristor with the physical mechanism attributed to a hybridization state transition driven by reversible electric fields.

Rational construction of hybrid materials integrating the collective virtues of individual building blocks has spurred significant interest in electrode materials for energy storage. Herein, a smart hybrid was fabricated via in-situ assembling of the few-layered MoS2 (f-MoS2) coated on the multi-layered Ti3C2 MXene decorated with the TiO2 nanoparticles by the scalable hydrothermal and annealing approaches. In the unique architecture, the multi-layered Ti3C2 with the expanded interspaces as the conductive backbone can facilitate the electron transport, provide adequate space to facilitate the infiltration of organic electrolyte into the interior of electrode, and inhibit the aggregation of MoS2 nanosheets, while the f-MoS2 with enlarged interlayer can be beneficial for the lithium-ion diffusion and prevent the multi-layered Ti3C2from restacking. Moreover, the TiO2 decorated on the Ti3C2 can effectively inhibit the instability of long-chain lithium polysulfides dissolved in organic electrolyte to improve the cycling stability. Thanks to the synergistic effect of the building blocks, the Ti3C2/TiO2@f-MoS2 hybrid employed as lithium storage anode delivers an extraordinary endurable ability with a high storage capacity of 403.1 mA h g−1 after 1200 cycles at 2 A g−1. Importantly, the smart hybridization strategy in this work paves an efficient way to explore the high-performance MXene-based hybrid materials in energy storage fields.

Transition metal sulfides, as an important class of inorganics, have been shown to be potential high-performance electrode candidates for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in account of their high activity towards lithium storage, rich types and diverse structures. Despite these advantages, structure degradation related with volume variations upon electrochemical cycling restricts their further development. In this present study, a unique hybrid structure with ultrafine heazlewoodite nanoparticles (less than 10 nm) in-situ confined in nitrogen and sulfur dual-doped carbon (Ni3S2@NSC) was constructed though a facile pyrolysis process, using a novel Ni-based metal chelates as the precursor. Specifically, enhanced structure stability, shortened Li+ migration distance and improved reaction dynamics can be obtained simultaneously in the designed structure, thereby allowing to realize high lithium storage performance. Consequently, a remarkable reversible capacity of 955.9 mAh g−1 (0.1 A g−1 after 100 cycles) and a superior long-term cycling stability up to 1200 cycles (863.7 mAh g−1 at 1.0 A g−1) are obtained. Importantly, the fundamental understanding on the improved lithium storage of Ni3S2@NSC based on the synergistic coupling reveals that the combination between Ni3S2 and NSC at the hetero-interface through the doped sulfur atoms contributes to the integrity of electrode and improved kinetics.

Although it is a promising sodium storage material due to its excellent electrochemical activity, small bandgap, and large interlayer spacing, layered molybdenum disulfide (MoS2 ) suffers from poor rate capability and degraded cycling life, resulting from its serious aggregation upon preparation, sluggish reaction kinetics, and structure expansion during cycling. To address these issues, a polyethyleneimine (PEI)-assisted fabrication approach was developed for the rational synthesis of an interconnected framework with nitrogen-doped carbon-confined MoS2 nanosheets/Ti3 C2 Tx MXene (MoS2 /Ti3 C2 Tx @NC), where the PEI could guide the uniform growth of MoS2 on Ti3 C2 Tx and the self-generated NC simultaneously enhanced its synergistic coupling with MoS2 /Ti3 C2 Tx , thus contributing to the improvement of charge transfer, diffusion kinetics, and structural integrity of the hybrid electrode. Consequently, the desired MoS2 /Ti3 C2 Tx @NC delivered impressive sodium storage performance, demonstrating high reversible capacities of 397.3 and 206.8 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 100 cycles and 0.5 A g-1 after 500 cycles, respectively. Moreover, electrochemical kinetics analysis and charge storage mechanism manifested that high capacitive contribution, facilitated Na+ transport pathways, and synergistic electronic coupling between MoS2 /Ti3 C2 Tx and NC contributed to the superior sodium storage performance.

Zinc-based energy storage systems (zinc-air, zinc-nickel and zinc-ion batteries and zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSs) are considered as promising power sources for wide applications from personal electronic devices to electric vehicles. However, these systems, especially the Zn-based hybrid supercapacitors, display unsatisfying power density and energy density, which should be enhanced for their large-scale applications. In this work, aqueous alkaline zinc-carbon hybrid supercapacitors (A-ZCHS) were designed, consisting of B, N dual doped carbon cathode, Zn anode and KOH electrolyte. The B, N dual doped carbon was prepared via thermal treatment of metal-organic frameworks and boric acid, which exhibits abundant hierarchical pore structure (micropore, mesopore and macropore) and suitable defect construction, promoting ion diffusion/charge transfer and providing more rapid surface pseudocapacitance reaction. More obviously, when the optimized B, N dual doped carbon was used as cathode in A-ZCHS and ZHS, more capacitive charge storage and rapider electrochemical kinetics can be observed in A-ZCHS than in ZHS. Therefore, the optimized A-ZCHS displays a high energy density of 115.7 Wh kg−1 at the power density of 711.6 W kg−1 with excellent stability, which is much better than most of ZHSs reported previously. The A-ZCHS should be a promising candidate for energy storage applications.

Organic electrode materials with abundant resources, environmental friendliness and recyclability play a crucial role in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the inferior electrical conductivity and unsatisfactory long-term cycling performance seriously impede their large-scale application in LIBs. Herein, a novel salen-based porous framework polymer (SPP) with a large conjugated skeleton was constructed and utilized as anode for LIBs. Owing to its unique architecture with a large conjugated skeleton facilitating the electron transport, rich pores accelerating the organic electrolyte infiltration, and stable skeleton structure improving the long-term cycling performance, SPP delivered a high specific capacity of 337 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C (1 C=250 mA g-1 ) after 100 cycles, and robust rate capacity of 95.5 mA h g-1 at 32 C. Importantly, an impressive long-term cycling performance with a storage capacity of 155.7 mA h g-1 at 8 C after 4000 cycles was obtained, showing a durable cyclic stability of SPP. Furthermore, the lithium storage mechanism of SPP was evaluated by ex-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, manifesting that the multiple active sites of C=N, -OH, and benzene ring were responsible for the superior lithium storage performance. The novel SPP presented in this work should be a promising organic electrode for energy storage applications.

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an energy-efficient desalination technique. However, the maximum desalination capacity of conventional carbon-based CDI systems is approximately 20 mg g, which is too low for practical applications. Therefore, the focus of research on CDI has shifted to the development of faradic electrochemical deionization systems using electrodes based on faradic materials which have a significantly higher ion-storage capacity than carbon-based electrodes. In addition to the common symmetrical CDI system, there has also been extensive research on innovative systems to maximize the performance of faradic electrode materials. Research has focused primarily on faradic reactions and faradic electrode materials. However, the correlation between faradic electrode materials and the various electrochemical deionization system architectures, , hybrid capacitive deionization, rocking-chair capacitive deionization, and dual-ion intercalation electrochemical desalination, remains relatively unexplored. This has inhibited the design of specific faradic electrode materials based on the characteristics of individual faradic electrochemical desalination systems. In this review, we have characterized faradic electrode materials based on both their material category and the electrochemical desalination system in which they were utilized. We expect that the detailed analysis of the properties, advantages, and challenges of the individual systems will establish a fundamental correlation between CDI systems and electrode materials that will facilitate future developments in this field.

Porous carbon nanosheets with high specific surface area have become the most promising electrode materials for supercapacitor, but their high pore volume leads to relatively low density and poor volumetric capacitance. In this work, strutted nitrogen doped hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets (SNPCNS), featuring three-dimensional nonaggregated architecture braced by struts have successfully been scalably synthesized via a novel calcium d -gluconate-exploding technique. The pyrolysis temperature and duration, and the mass ratio of calcium d -gluconate and urea formaldehyde resin are regulated for optimizing the specific surface area, pore volume and capacitive performance of SNPCNS. The optimized SNPCNS displays high specific surface area (539 m2 g−1), rich surface heteroatoms (8.1 at.% for N) and high density (1.11 g cm−3). Therefore, the supercapacitor assembled by SNPCNS electrodes presents very high gravimetric/volumetric capacitances of 286 F g−1/317 F cm−3 (in 6 M KOH) and 355 F g−1/394 F cm−3 (in 1 M H2SO4). Importantly, high gravimetric/volumetric energy densities of 40.5 W h kg−1/44.9 W h L−1 (in ionic liquid) are achieved, which are superior to those of previously reported carbon nanosheets based symmetric supercapacitors. This work provides a new strategy for the mass and low-cost production of high-performance porous carbon nanosheets for energy storage.

Although widely used as hybrid capacitive deionization (HCDI) electrode material, the low intrinsic conductivity of metal hexacyanometalate (MHCF) severely hinders the fast insertion/extraction of Na

The performance of potassium (K)-ion batteries (KIBs) is not only dependent on electrode materials but also highly related to the electrolyte. In this work, we obtained a cobalt sulfide (CoS)-containing hybrid by the hydrothermal method and subsequent thermal treatment for K-ion storage. After ether-based electrolyte matching, the CoS-containing hybrid achieves a specific capacity of 229 mA h g