Liquid metal-templated tin-doped tellurium films for flexible asymmetric pseudocapacitors
Liquid metal-templated tin-doped tellurium films for flexible asymmetric pseudocapacitors
Liquid metals can be surface activated to generate a controlled galvanic potential by immersing them in aqueous solutions. This creates energized liquid-liquid interfaces that can promote interfacial chemical reactions. Here we utilize this interfacial phenomenon of liquid metals to deposit thin films of tin-doped tellurium onto rigid and flexible substrates. This is accomplished by exposing liquid metals to a precursor solution of Sn2+ and HTeO2+ ions. The ability to paint liquid metals onto substrates enables us to fabricate supercapacitor electrodes of liquid metal films with an intimately connected surface layer of tin-doped tellurium. The tin-doped tellurium exhibits a pseudocapacitive behavior in 1.0 M Na2SO4 electrolyte and records a specific capacitance of 184.06 F·g-1 (5.74 mF·cm-2) at a scan rate of 10 mV·s-1. Flexible supercapacitor electrodes are also fabricated by painting liquid metals onto polypropylene sheets and subsequently depositing tin-doped tellurium thin films. These flexible electrodes show outstanding mechanical stability even when experiencing a complete 180° bend as well as exhibit high power and energy densities of 160 W·cm-3 and 31 mWh·cm-3, respectively. Overall, this study demonstrates the attractive features of liquid metals in creating energy storage devices and exemplifies their use as media for synthesizing electrochemically active materials.
energy storage, gallium, interfaces, liquid metals, supercapacitors, tellurium
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Mousavi, Maedehsadat
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Mittal, Uttam
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Ghasemian, Mohammad B.
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Tang, Jianbo
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Yao, Yin
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Merhebi, Salma
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Zhang, Chengchen
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Sharma, Neeraj
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Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh
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16 November 2022
Mousavi, Maedehsadat
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Mittal, Uttam
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Ghasemian, Mohammad B.
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Baharfar, Mahroo
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Tang, Jianbo
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Yao, Yin
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Merhebi, Salma
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Zhang, Chengchen
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Sharma, Neeraj
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Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh
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Mayyas, Mohannad
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Mousavi, Maedehsadat, Mittal, Uttam, Ghasemian, Mohammad B., Baharfar, Mahroo, Tang, Jianbo, Yao, Yin, Merhebi, Salma, Zhang, Chengchen, Sharma, Neeraj, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh and Mayyas, Mohannad
(2022)
Liquid metal-templated tin-doped tellurium films for flexible asymmetric pseudocapacitors.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14 (45), .
(doi:10.1021/acsami.2c15131).
Abstract
Liquid metals can be surface activated to generate a controlled galvanic potential by immersing them in aqueous solutions. This creates energized liquid-liquid interfaces that can promote interfacial chemical reactions. Here we utilize this interfacial phenomenon of liquid metals to deposit thin films of tin-doped tellurium onto rigid and flexible substrates. This is accomplished by exposing liquid metals to a precursor solution of Sn2+ and HTeO2+ ions. The ability to paint liquid metals onto substrates enables us to fabricate supercapacitor electrodes of liquid metal films with an intimately connected surface layer of tin-doped tellurium. The tin-doped tellurium exhibits a pseudocapacitive behavior in 1.0 M Na2SO4 electrolyte and records a specific capacitance of 184.06 F·g-1 (5.74 mF·cm-2) at a scan rate of 10 mV·s-1. Flexible supercapacitor electrodes are also fabricated by painting liquid metals onto polypropylene sheets and subsequently depositing tin-doped tellurium thin films. These flexible electrodes show outstanding mechanical stability even when experiencing a complete 180° bend as well as exhibit high power and energy densities of 160 W·cm-3 and 31 mWh·cm-3, respectively. Overall, this study demonstrates the attractive features of liquid metals in creating energy storage devices and exemplifies their use as media for synthesizing electrochemically active materials.
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Accepted/In Press date: 20 October 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 November 2022
Published date: 16 November 2022
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship (Grant FL180100053) and ARC Centre of Excellence FLEET (Grant CE170100039) for the financial support in this work. The authors also acknowledge the support and facilities provided by the UNSW Electron Microscope Unit (EMU).
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energy storage, gallium, interfaces, liquid metals, supercapacitors, tellurium
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Maedehsadat Mousavi
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Uttam Mittal
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Mohammad B. Ghasemian
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Mahroo Baharfar
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Jianbo Tang
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Yin Yao
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Salma Merhebi
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Chengchen Zhang
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Neeraj Sharma
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Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
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Mohannad Mayyas
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