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MnO2/carbon nanotube free-standing electrode recycled from spent manganese-oxygen battery as high-performance supercapacitor material.
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Journal of Materials Science . May2022, Vol. 57 Issue 19, p8818-8827. 10p. 2 Color Photographs, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Metal–oxygen batteries have been growing rapidly as an energy storage technology in light of their high specific energy density. However, waste metal–oxygen batteries will raise many environmental issues; therefore, the recycling and reusing of the spent metal–oxygen batteries has attracted great attention. Herein, we report the 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (PTIO) as a redox mediator for manganese–oxygen battery (MOB). Trace amounts of PTIO result in the discharge capacity of MOB increase to 2588 mAh g−1 and enhance the formation of manganese dioxide (MnO2) with toroidal appearance and high crystallinity on the cathode. After being used, the dismantled MnO2/carbon nanotube (CNT) cathode can be reused as an electrode for supercapacitor via simple calcining at mild temperature. The recycled free-standing MnO2/CNT electrode demonstrates an exceptional specific capacitance (253.86 F g−1) at a current density of 0.5 A g−1 in a 0.5 M Na2SO4 electrolyte. Moreover, we prepare an asymmetric supercapacitor fabricated with the recycled MnO2/CNT electrode and activated carbon (AC), which exhibits excellent energy density (32.00 Wh kg−1 at 413.70 W kg−1) with 78.26% retention over 6000 cycles. This work provides a promising strategy to derive high-quality and high-value MnO2/CNT electrode materials from the spent MOBs. It's the 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (PTIO) as a redox mediator for manganese-oxygen battery (MOB). The recycled manganese dioxide (MnO2)/carbon nanotube (CNT) cathode can be reused as an electrode for supercapacitor via simple calcining at mild temperature. The recycled MnO2/CNT electrode shows the toroidal appearance and high crystallinity. Furthermore, the asymmetric supercapacitor fabricated with the MnO2/CNT free-standing electrode displays high specific capacitance, superior energy density, and good cyclic ability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222461
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Materials Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156839897
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07223-7