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Abstract Pseudocapacitors promise to fill the gap between traditional capacitors and batteries by delivering reasonable energy densities and power densities. In this work, pseudocapacitive charge storage properties are demonstrated for two isostructural oxides, Sr2LaFeMnO7and Sr2LaCoMnO7. These materials comprise spatially separated bilayer stacks of corner sharing BO6units (B=Fe, Co or Mn). The spaces between stacks accommodate the lanthanum and strontium ions, and the remaining empty spaces are available for oxide ion intercalation, leading to pseudocapacitive charge storage. Iodometric titrations indicate that these materials do not have oxygen‐vacancies. Therefore, the oxide ion intercalation becomes possible due to their structural features and the availability of interstitial sites between the octahedral stacks. Electrochemical studies reveal that both materials show promising energy density and power density values. Further experiments through fabrication of a symmetric two‐electrode cell indicate that these materials retain their pseudocapacitive performance over hundreds of galvanostatic charge‐discharge cycles, with little degradation even after 1000 cycles.
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Structure Effect on Pseudocapacitive Properties of A 2 LaMn 2 O 7 (A = Ca, Sr)
Herein, the effect of structure on pseudocapacitive properties in alkaline conditions is demonstrated through the investigation of isoelectronic oxides Ca2LaMn2O7and Sr2LaMn2O7, where the difference in ionic radii of Ca2+and Sr2+leads to a change in structure and lattice symmetry, resulting in an orthorhombicCmcmstructure for the former and a tetragonalI4/mmmstructure for the latter. While calcium and strontium do not make a direct contribution to the near‐surface faradaic processes that are essential to the pseudocapacitive properties, their effect on the structure leads to a change in the oxygen intercalation process and the associated pseudocapacitive energy storage. It is shown that Sr2LaMn2O7has a significantly greater specific capacitance than Ca2LaMn2O7. In addition, the former shows a considerably higher‐energy density compared to the latter. Furthermore, these materials show highly stable energy‐storage properties, and retain their specific capacitance over 10 000 cycles of charge–discharge in a symmetric pseudocapacitive cell. Importantly, these findings show the structure–property relationships, where a change in the structure and lattice symmetry can result in a significant change in pseudocapacitive charge–discharge properties in isoelectronic systems.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1943085
- PAR ID:
- 10401121
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Energy Technology
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 2194-4288
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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