Titanium and vanadium oxynitride powders as pseudo-capacitive materials for electrochemical capacitors

TiOxNy and VOxNy powders have been synthesized using oxide precursors and a conventional nitridation method. It enables to control of oxygen content and surface area. The electrochemical performances of the different powders have been investigated. A strong dependence on the surface area as well as on the nature of the oxynitride has been found. A typical value of 300 μF cm−2 has been determined for VOxNy powders, while TiOxNy powders only show 50 μF cm−2. In this last case it is believed that only double layer capacitance or weak redox reactions participate in charge storage mechanism while for vanadium based oxynitrides, a thin layer below the surface (≈4 A) is involved in charge storage via faradic reactions. VOxNy electrodes can be operated in different aqueous electrolytes, but only double layer capacitance is measured in neutral electrolytes. The highest capacitance values (≈80 F g−1) are measured in KOH and fair cycling ability is achieved when the electrochemical window is limited, thus avoiding oxidative potentials.

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