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In-plane grain boundary induced defect state in hierarchical NiCo-LDH and effect on battery-type charge storage

Jinjin Ban1,§, Xiaohan Wen1,2,§, Honghong Lei3, Guoqin Cao1,2, Xinhong Liu1, Chunyao Niu4, Guosheng Shao1,2( ), Junhua Hu1,2( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resource and Materials of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
State Center for International Cooperation on Designer Low-carbon & Environmental Materials (CDLCEM), Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Metal Fuel Battery, Foguang Power Generation Equipment Co. Ltd, 50 Holly Street, Zhengzhou 450000, China
International Laboratory for Quantum Functional Materials of Henan, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Jinjin Ban and Xiaohan Wen contributed equally to this work.
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Domain boundaries are regarded as the effective active sites for electrochemical energy storage materials due to defects enrichment therein. However, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) tend to grow into single crystalline nano sheets due to their unique two-dimentional (2D) lattice structure. Previously, much efforts were made on the designing hierarchical structure to provide more exposed electroactive sites as well as accelerate the mass transfer. Herein, we demonstrate a strategy to introduce low angle grain boundary (LAGB) in the flakes of Ni/Co layered double hydroxides (NiCo-LDHs). These defect-rich nano flakes were self-assembled into hydrangea-like spheres that further constructed hollow cage structure. Both the formation of hierarchical structure and grain boundaries are interpreted with the synergistic effect of Ni2+/Co2+ ratio in an “etching-growth” process. The domain boundary defect also results in the preferential formation of oxygen vacancy (Vo). Additionally, density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that Co substitution is a critical factor for the formation of adjacent lattice defects, which contributes to the formation of domains boundary. The fabricated battery-type Faradaic NiCo-LDH-2 electrode material exhibits significantly enhanced specific capacitance of 899 C·g−1 at a current density of 1 A·g−1. NiCo-LDH-2//AC asymmetric capacitor shows a maximum energy density of 101.1 Wh·kg−1 at the power density of 1.5 kW·kg−1.

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sacrificial templategrain boundaryoxygen vacancy (Vo)hierarchical structure

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 4,
April 2023
Pages 4908-4916
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4485-1
Cite this article:
Ban J, Wen X, Lei H, et al. In-plane grain boundary induced defect state in hierarchical NiCo-LDH and effect on battery-type charge storage. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 4908-4916. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4485-1
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Received: 25 January 2022
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Published: 27 June 2022
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