针对水系锌离子电池锰基正极材料存在比容量低、循环稳定性差等问题, 本工作利用水热法制备出棒状结构的α-MnO₂, 通过柠檬酸钠高温碳化制备多孔碳, 进而通过超声分散等处理制备出α-MnO₂/PCSs复合材料. 三维的多孔网络有助于提高电子导电性, 提供一个稳定的支撑;α-MnO₂纳米棒均匀地附着在多孔碳纳米片层表面, 有效地避免α-MnO₂的团聚, 从而提高锌离子传输效率. 得益于α-MnO₂/PCSs独特的结构优势, 将其作为锌离子电池正极材料, 在电流密度为0.1 A•g^–1的条件下循环100次后, 其可逆容量为350 mAh•g^–1, 在1 A•g^–1的大的电流密度下, 经过1000圈循环后, 容量可达160 mAh•g^–1, 展现了优异的循环稳定性能, 有望成为高性能锌离子电池的潜在正极材料.

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) have attracted more attention as large-scale energy storage technology due to their high safety, low cost and environmental benignity. To date, numerous cathodes based on manganese dioxide, vanadium dioxide, and polyanionic compounds have been reported. Among them, Manganese oxides have the advantages of low cost, non-toxicity, abundant materials and high working voltage, have been widely explored as promising cathodes for zinc ion batteries. Among them, MnO₂ cathodes are particularly desirable candidates for commercialization owing to their tunnel structure and affordability. α-MnO₂has (1×1) and (2×2) tunnel structures, and Zn²⁺ can rapidly inserted and deserted in the tunnel. However, the capacity of manganese dioxide is fast decaying with the cycles due to the poor conductivity of MnO₂, which limits its electrochemical performance. Herein, α-MnO₂ nanorods are uniformly distributed on the surface of porous carbon nanosheets network (PCSs) by a simple hydrothermal/dispersion method strategy. In the α-MnO₂/PCSs architecture, the α-MnO₂ nanorods and α-MnO₂/PCSs composite were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), etc. The results testified that α-MnO₂/PCSs nanorods were firmly adhered on the surface of porous carbon nanosheets, which can effectively avoid the stacking of α-MnO₂nanorods, while the high conductive carbon network can improve the electrical conductivity of the composite. The porous network can provide effective electron transfer channels, provide stable hosts for fast Zn²⁺ extraction/insertion, and prevent the α-MnO₂nanorods from stacking each other. Benefiting from the unique porous structure and high conductive network, the α-MnO₂/PCSs hybrid shows high reversibility capacity, good rate performance, and outstanding cycling stability. Specifically, α-MnO₂/PCSs exhibits high reversible capacity of 350 mAh•g^–1 after 100 cycles at 0.1 A•g^–1 and maintains a capacity of 160 mAh•g^–1 at a high rate of 1 A•g^–1 after 1000 cycles, thus making it promising cathode for the high performance ZIBs.