Activation of the Pseudocapacitive Behavior of MXene/PANI for High-Performance Ammonium-Ion BatteriesShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Advanced Science, E-ISSN 2198-3844, Vol. 12, no 43, article id e11815Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The development of aqueous ammonium-ion batteries (AAIBs) requires electrode materials that combine high NH4 + storage capacity with rapid and reversible ion transport. Herein, a metal-vacancy MXene/polyaniline (Mo4/3CTz/PANI) composite is reported, in which the pseudocapacitive response is synergistically activated by introducing 0.1 m H2SO4 into 1 m (NH4)2SO4 electrolyte. This proton-assisted modulation enables rapid and reversible NH4 +/H3O+ co-intercalation, in contrast to the negligible ion insertion observed in the absence of H2SO4. Combined experimental and density-functional theory (DFT) analyses reveal that proton doping significantly improves the electronic conductivity of PANI and induces a reversible Mo6+/Mo5+ redox transition during cycling, which dynamically modulates the NH4 + adsorption energy (from -4.155 to -4.567 eV), thus facilitating both intercalation and deintercalation of NH4 +. As a result, the composite achieves a high specific capacity of 245 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1, with excellent capacity retention of 84.2% after 11,000 cycles at 1.0 A g-1. Furthermore, the MnO2/CNTs||M:P = 5:1 full cell delivers a high energy density of 81.6 Wh kg-1 and a power density of 16 000 W kg-1. This work highlights a promising strategy for advancing MXene-based electrodes via proton-enhanced ion storage mechanisms, paving the way for high-performance AAIBs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY , 2025. Vol. 12, no 43, article id e11815
Keywords [en]
aqueous ammonium ion battery; MXene; non-metallic ions; proton enhancement; pseudocapacitive behavior
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Other Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-217190DOI: 10.1002/advs.202511815ISI: 001554609200001PubMedID: 40842047Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105013779310OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-217190DiVA, id: diva2:1994576
Note
Funding Agencies|Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation [20224BAB214022]; Technological Expertise and Academic Leaders Training Program of Jiangxi Province-Youth Program [20243BCE51085]; Ganpo Talent Support Program-High-level Overseas Talent Project [20242BCE50017]; Doctoral Research Start-up Fund of Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University [2022BSQD08]; Swedish Energy Agency [EM 42033-1]; Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) Foundation through a Scholar Grant [2019.0433, KAW2020.0033]; Swedish Research Council [2021-03652]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research [2021-00171, RIF21-0026]
2025-09-032025-09-032026-02-12Bibliographically approved