Hierarchical Mg-Birnessite Nanowall Arrays with Enriched (010) Planes for High Performance Aqueous Mg-Ion Batteries. Issue 12 (30th December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shi, Zhengyi; Xue, Liang; Wu, Jianghua; Guo, Qiubo; Xia, Qiuying; Ni, Mingzhu; Wang, Peng; Savilov, Serguei V.; Aldoshin, Sergey M.; Zan, Feng; Xia, Hui
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Volume 168:Issue 12(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-12-30
• Subjects: birnessite MnO2 -- aqueous Mg-ion batteries -- electro-conversion -- hierarchical nanowall arrays; Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; 541.3705
• DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ac4548
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-4651

Abstract

Abstract : Birnessite MnO2 is a promising cathode material for aqueous Mg-ion batteries due to its layered structure with large interlayer distance. However, the two-dimensional growth mode of birnessite induces nanosheet morphology with preferred growth of inactive (001) planes with sluggish ion transport kinetics. In this work, a high Mg content birnessite with hierarchical nanowall arrays morphology is prepared by in situ electro-conversion using spinel Mn3 O4 nanowall arrays. The electro-conversion Mg-birnessite (ECMB) nanowall arrays are assembled by ultrasmall nanosheets with reduced (001) planes but increased active (010) planes, affording enriched open intercalation channels and shortened Mg 2+ diffusion length. Consequently, the ECMB cathode exhibits a large specific reversible capacity of about 255.1 mAh g −1 at a current density of 200 mA g −1, and outstanding cycling stability with 73.6% capacity retention after 3000 cycles. Finally, a 2.2 V aqueous full cell is constructed by using ECMB as positive electrode and polyimide as negative electrode, which achieves a high energy density of 65.2 Wh kg −1 at a power density of 96 W kg −1 . This work demonstrates effective crystal plane modulation for Mg-birnessite to achieve superior Mg 2+ storage in aqueous batteries.