Nanostructured V2O5 and its nanohybrid with MXene as an efficient electrode material for electrochemical capacitor applications

Funding Number

RSP 2021/399

Funding Sponsor

Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Author's Department

Chemistry Department

Second Author's Department

Chemistry Department

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.014

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Majid Mahmood, Sonia Zulfiqar, Muhammad Farooq Warsi, Muhammad Aadil, Imran Shakir, Sajjad Haider, Philips O. Agboola, Muhammad Shahid

Document Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Ceramics International

Publication Date

1-15-2022

doi

10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.014

Abstract

Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is an excellent electrode material for electrochemical capacitor (ECCs) applications, but its lower electrical conductivity is the primary obstacle that restricts its practical applications. This obstacle can be eliminated by forming its nanohybrid (NCs) with a highly capacitive and conductive matrix such as MXene. MXene is a new two-dimensional (2D) material with good electronic conductivity and a larger specific surface area, making it a very suitable substrate for composite formation. Unfortunately, the two-dimensional MXene sheets stacked quickly, limiting their specific surface area and charge/mass transport properties. Here we used the hydrothermal approach to fabricate V2O5 nanowires (NWs) and form their nanohybrid with MXene via the ultrasound route. To assess electrochemical suitability, the fabricated samples were loaded onto a carbon cloth (CC) and used as a working electrode in the half-cell configuration. The nanohybrid (V2O5/MXene) sample showed a good specific capacity (Csp) of 768 F/g (at 1 A/g) because of its greater surface area, hybrid composition, excellent electrical conductivity, and passive nanostructure. It also showed superior cyclic, electrochemical and mechanical capability and maintained a specific capacity of 93.3%, even after completion of 6000 GCD tests. In addition, the nanohybrid sample electrode also exhibits superb rate performance and lost only 14.4% of its initial specific capacity on increasing the applied current density from 1 to 5 A/g. There is no doubt that V2O5 NWs inter-stack between MXene nanosheets to develop effective interface interaction and suppress their stacking.

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