Amorphous cobalt boride nanoparticles incorporated vanadium carbide MXene composite for asymmetric supercapacitor applications

International Journal of Energy ResearchVolume 46, Issue 15 p. 22474-22485 RESEARCH ARTICLE Amorphous cobalt boride nanoparticles incorporated vanadium carbide MXene composite for asymmetric supercapacitor applications Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick, Corresponding Author Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-5520-4236 Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Correspondence Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick, Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Email: [email protected] Thandavarayan Maiyalagan, Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJiaqian Qin, Jiaqian Qin orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-3533 Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandSearch for more papers by this authorThandavarayan Maiyalagan, Corresponding Author Thandavarayan Maiyalagan [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-3528-3824 Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India Correspondence Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick, Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Email: [email protected] Thandavarayan Maiyalagan, Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick, Corresponding Author Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-5520-4236 Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Correspondence Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick, Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Email: [email protected] Thandavarayan Maiyalagan, Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJiaqian Qin, Jiaqian Qin orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-3533 Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandSearch for more papers by this authorThandavarayan Maiyalagan, Corresponding Author Thandavarayan Maiyalagan [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-3528-3824 Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India Correspondence Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick, Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials for Energy Storage, Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Email: [email protected] Thandavarayan Maiyalagan, Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 15 August 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8551 Funding information: National Science; Research and Innovation Fund (NSRF); Program Management Unit for Human Resources; Institutional Development; Research and Innovation, Grant/Award Number: B05F640153; National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Grant/Award Number: NRCT5-RSA63001-19 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary The use of novel, low-cost, and efficient electrode materials in high-power energy technology is highly anticipated for the development of user-friendly products. Recently, “MXenes” have been identified as a novel class of advanced two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal compounds that have piqued the interest of researchers in a variety of electrochemical applications due to their remarkable physicochemical properties that resemble other 2D materials such as graphene. Similarly, an amorphous transition metal boride compound has sparked considerable interest as a potential candidate for battery-type supercapacitor electrodes. However, the concerns about MXene layer restacking and the low electrical conductivity of metal borides limit their usefulness. Herein, we present the fabrication of a novel metal boride-MXene (CoB-V-MX) architecture using a simple one-pot chemical reduction process of cobalt boride nanoparticles and V-MXene flakes. An asymmetric hybrid supercapacitor (HSC) with activated carbon as the anode and the prepared composite as the cathode was developed. The HSC device can operate over a wider voltage range (1.6 V), distribute a high specific energy of 31.5 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 800 W kg−1, and retain up to 89.2% of its initial capacitance for up to 2500 charge-discharge cycles, demonstrating the increased possibility of designing a novel composite architecture in advanced energy storage applications. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Open Research DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. REFERENCES 1Kim S, Kim G, Manthiram A. 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