Anomalous Pseudocapacitive Behavior of a Nanostructured, Mixed-Valent Manganese Oxide Film for Electrical Energy Storage

作者：Song Min Kyu; Cheng Shuang; Chen Haiyan; Qin Wentao; Nam Kyung Wan; Xu Shucheng; Yang Xiao Qing; Bongiorno Angelo; Lee Jangsoo; Bai Jianming; Tyson Trevor A; Cho Jaephil; Liu Meilin^*

来源：Nano Letters, 2012, 12(7): 3483-3490.

DOI：10.1021/nl300984y

• Energy storage
• electrochemical capacitors
• mixed-valent compounds
• enhanced pseudocapacitance
• in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy

While pseudocapacitors represent a promising option for electrical energy storage, the performance of the existing ones must be dramatically enhanced to meet today%26apos;s ever-increasing demands for many emerging applications. Here we report a nanostructured, rnixed-valent manganese oxide film that exhibits anomalously high specific capacitance (similar to 2530 F/g of manganese oxide, measured at 0.61 A/g in a two-electrode configuration with loading of active materials similar to 0.16 mg/cm(2)) while maintaining excellent power density and cycling life. The dramatic performance enhancement is attributed to its unique mixed-valence state with porous nanoarchitecture, which may facilitate rapid mass transport and enhance surface double-layer capacitance, while promoting facile redox reactions associated with charge storage by both Mn and O sites, as suggested by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and density functional theory calculations. The new charge storage mechanisms (in addition to redox reactions of cations) may offer critical insights to rational design of a new-generation energy storage devices.

• 出版日期2012-7