Abstract
Aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) show tremendous promise and advantages, which make them useful for both grid and off-grid energy storage applications. In this paper, an interconnected sheet-like morphology of low-cost V2O5 is reported as a cathode material to improve the capacity, rate capability, and cycling stability of AIBs. The V2O5-based cathode is able to deliver an initial discharge capacity of ∼140 mA h g–1, at a high current density of 0.5 A g–1, with an excellent capacity retention of 96% after 1000 cycles at 1 A g–1, which is among the best cathode performances reported for aqueous AIBs. The fast intercalation and deintercalation of Al3+ between the stacked layers of V2O5 help in ensuring such high-performance characteristics. Notably, the smaller lattice expansion (∼1.4%) of V2O5 indicates that the expansion and contraction of the crystal structure occur reversibly during the charge–discharge process. The stability of the material is established by analyzing the X-ray diffraction patterns of the material after cycling. Such studies have remained ignored in AIBs till date.
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