Small,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 10, 2025
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
hybrid
capacitors
(ZIHCs)
are
emerging
as
promising
energy
storage
devices
owing
to
several
desirable
attributes
including
good
safety,
high
power
density,
and
stability.
However,
the
limited
density
mainly
caused
by
low
specific
capacity
of
porous
carbon
cathodes
hinders
practical
application
ZIHCs.
A
Ce
3+/4+
redox
couple‐promoted
aqueous
ZIHC
(Ce‐ZIHC)
is
designed
with
addition
electrolyte
additives.
The
couple
shown
markedly
increase
cathode
enhance
stability
Zn
2+
stripping/plating
at
metal
anode.
Notably,
as‐constructed
Ce‐ZIHC
performs
more
than
twice
commercial
activated
cathode.
Furthermore,
shows
a
self‐discharge
rate
can
work
stably
for
60
000
cycles
5.0
g
−1
.
This
highlights
great
potential
in
improving
overall
performance
ZIHCs
toward
application.
Microstructures,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
5(1)
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
With
the
over-consumption
of
non-renewable
energy,
green
and
clean
renewable
energy
is
inevitably
choice
in
modern
society.
In
particular,
lithium-ion
batteries
(LIBs)
have
been
widely
used
automobiles,
aviation
other
fields
due
to
their
high
density
advantages.
However,
lithium
reserves
are
limited,
LIBs
safety
hazards,
so
development
alternative
rechargeable
cannot
be
delayed.
Aqueous
zinc
ion
(AZIBs)
a
theoretical
specific
capacity
while
ensuring
safety,
intensively
investigated
recent
years.
The
advancement
cathode
materials
essential
for
AZIBs.
this
article,
non-oxide
manganese
vanadium
such
as
MnS,
MnHCF,
VN,
VSe2
VS2
AZIBs
critically
reviewed.
emerging
strategies
modifying
these
enhanced
electrochemical
performance
analyzed.
Finally,
some
important
achievements
research
field
summarized,
challenges
future
directions
presented.
We
hope
that
article
can
shed
light
on
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 9, 2025
Van-der-Waals
hosts
intercalated
with
transition-metal
(TM)
ions
exhibit
a
range
of
magnetic
properties
strongly
influenced
by
the
structural
order
intercalants.
However,
predictive
computational
models
for
intercalant
ordering
phase
diagram
are
lacking,
complicating
experimental
pursuits
to
target
key
phases.
Here
we
use
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
construct
pairwise
lattice
model
and
Monte
Carlo
determine
its
associated
thermodynamic
diagram.
To
circumvent
complexities
modeling
effects,
diamagnetic
Zn2+
Sc3+
as
computationally
accessible
proxies
divalent
trivalent
species
interest
(Fe2+,
Co2+,
V3+
Cr3+),
which
provide
insights
into
well
above
paramagnetic
transition
temperature.
We
find
that
electrostatic
coupling
between
intercalants
is
almost
entirely
screened,
so
represents
coarse-grained
charge
reorganization.
The
resulting
reveals
entropically
favored
√3
×
coexisting
locally
ordered
2
domains
persist
across
temperatures
stoichiometries.
This
occurs
even
at
quarter-filling
interstitial
sites
(corresponding
bulk
stoichiometries
M0.25TaS2;
M
=
intercalant)
where
there
reports
coexistence
but
preference
long-range
often
assumed.
Accompanying
Raman
spectra
revealing
quenching-induced
in
2H-V0.25NbS2
supports
deficient
may
dominate
high
TM-intercalated
metal
dichalcogenides.
Small,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 10, 2025
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
hybrid
capacitors
(ZIHCs)
are
emerging
as
promising
energy
storage
devices
owing
to
several
desirable
attributes
including
good
safety,
high
power
density,
and
stability.
However,
the
limited
density
mainly
caused
by
low
specific
capacity
of
porous
carbon
cathodes
hinders
practical
application
ZIHCs.
A
Ce
3+/4+
redox
couple‐promoted
aqueous
ZIHC
(Ce‐ZIHC)
is
designed
with
addition
electrolyte
additives.
The
couple
shown
markedly
increase
cathode
enhance
stability
Zn
2+
stripping/plating
at
metal
anode.
Notably,
as‐constructed
Ce‐ZIHC
performs
more
than
twice
commercial
activated
cathode.
Furthermore,
shows
a
self‐discharge
rate
can
work
stably
for
60
000
cycles
5.0
g
−1
.
This
highlights
great
potential
in
improving
overall
performance
ZIHCs
toward
application.