Construction of Carbon Microspheres/Vanadium Nitride Nanolayer Core-Shell Structure for High-performance Anode Materials
LI Jinling†, LI Gaoyang†, HE Tianqi, KANG Xiaoya, LIU Hongjun, RAN Fen*
Institute of Energy Storage, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
Abstract: In recent years, transition metal nitrides, especially vanadium nitride, have been extensively investigated as anode materials for supercapacitors. Unfortunately, the instability of vanadium nitride in electrochemical environments has hindered the achievement of high specific capacitance. In this contribution, a vanadium nitride coated carbon microsphere core-shell composite electrode material is synthesized, of which, carbon microsphere@nanostructured vanadium nitride is obtained by solvothermal method combined with high temperature heat treatment. The microstructure is characterized using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The results indicate that the diameter of the carbon microspheres is approximately 1.5 μm, and the thickness of the vanadium nitride shell is about 70 nm, with a vanadium nitride content of 66.57wt%. Benefiting from the thin layer distribution of the vanadium nitride shell and the high conductivity of the carbon core, the as-prepared core-shell electrode demonstrates superior electrochemical performance compared to pure vanadium nitride. The carbon microspheres@nanostructured vanadium nitride achieves a specific capacitance of 192.5 F·g-1 at 1 A·g-1, surpassing that of pure vanadium nitride (107.1 F·g-1);and when the current density increases to 20 A·g-1, the composite retains 55.6% of its initial capacitance. Additionally, the hybrid supercapacitor assembled with Ni(OH)2 can deliver an energy density of 24.86 Wh·kg-1 at a power density of 385 W·kg-1.
李金灵, 李高阳, 何天启, 康小雅, 刘洪军, 冉奋. 构筑具有微米碳球/纳米氮化钒层核壳结构的高性能负极材料[J]. 材料导报, 2026, 40(10): 25030077-9.
LI Jinling, LI Gaoyang, HE Tianqi, KANG Xiaoya, LIU Hongjun, RAN Fen. Construction of Carbon Microspheres/Vanadium Nitride Nanolayer Core-Shell Structure for High-performance Anode Materials. Materials Reports, 2026, 40(10): 25030077-9.
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