Unveiling the redox electrochemistry of 1D, urchin-like vanadium sulfide electrodes for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors

K. Karuppasamy, Dhanasekaran Vikraman, Sajjad Hussain, Balamurugan Thirumalraj, P. Santhoshkumar, Hemalatha Parangusan, Hyun Chang Park, Jongwan Jung, Hyun Seok Kim

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Abstract

Exploring novel versatile electrode materials with outstanding electrochemical performance is the key to the development of advanced energy conversion and storage devices. In this work, we aim to construct new-fangled one-dimensional (1D) quasi-layered patronite vanadium tetrasulfide (VS4) nanostructures by using different sulfur sources, namely thiourea, thioacetamide, and L-cysteine through an ethyleneaminetetraacetic-acid (EDTA)-mediated solvothermal process. The as-prepared VS4 exhibits several unique morphologies such as urchin, fluffy nanoflower, and polyhedron with appropriate surface areas. Among the prepared nanostructures, the VS4-1@NF nanostructure exhibited excellent electrochemical properties in 6 M KOH solution, and we explored its redox electrochemistry in detail. The as-prepared VS4-1@NF electrode exhibited battery-type redox characteristics with the highest capacity of 280 C g−1 in a three-electrode assembly. Moreover, it offered a capacity of 123 F g−1 in a hybrid two-electrode set-up at 1 A g−1 with the highest specific energy and specific power of 38.5 W h kg−1 and 750 W kg−1, respectively. Furthermore, to ensure the practical applicability and real-world performance of the prepared hybrid AC@NF//VS4-1@NF cell, we performed a cycling stability test with more than 5,000 galvanostatic charge–discharge cycles at 2 A g−1, and the cell retained around 84.7% of its capacitance even after 5,000 cycles with a CE of 96.1%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)569-580
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Energy Chemistry
Volume79
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

Keywords

  • 1D material
  • Mesoporous
  • Patronite
  • Redox electrochemistry
  • Urchin VS

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