An unprecedented hybrid polyoxometalate based on niobium oligomers: A notable application as redox supercapacitor electrodeShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Chemical Engineering Journal, ISSN 1385-8947, E-ISSN 1873-3212, Vol. 455, article id 140511Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
An unprecedented polyoxoniobate (PONb) oligomer was obtained by addition of a methylene blue (MB) dye solution over the PONb solution formed a blue nanogel that was converted into a stable blue solid through a lyophilization process. The new solid composite, so-called "blue polyoxoniobate" (blue-PONb), presents a two-dimensional (2D) morphology with electrochemical performance that stand out among the materials used in redox supercapacitor technology. This new material was evaluated as supercapacitor electrode showing a high areal specific capacitance and power density that reaches 110.50 mF cm(-2) and 8.49 mW cm(-2). In addition, in this composite the redox additive (MB) and the PONb presented a peculiar electrochemical behavior, the reduction of the niobium species and the transfer of electrons necessary for the accumulation of charge occurring simultaneously. As a result, blue-PONb electrode maintains the cycling performance with high coulombic effi-ciency (similar to 99 %) over the 50,000 cycles evaluated. Here, the origins of the electrochemical stability and the mechanism of operation of the blue-PONb electrode are analyzed and discussed. Finally, this work presents a PONb as a new and promising class of redox-capacitive materials with matrix/redox shuttle synergism.
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Keywords [en]
Blue polyoxoniobate; Methylene blue; Nanosheet niobium; Hybrid electrodes; Supercapacitor; Redox-shuttle
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-192175DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140511ISI: 000931053800001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-192175DiVA, id: diva2:1741787
Note
Funding Agencies|Nanonib; FAPEMIG; CAPES; CNPq [315179/2020-1]
2023-03-072023-03-072023-03-07