Layered carbon-based pseudocapacitive materials for lithium/sodium-ion capacitor with high energy-power densities and long cycle life

Hybrid ion capacitors that combined high-power density of supercapacitor and high-energy density of battery are drawing attention to insufficient power densities of currently-used lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).Two kinds of layered carbon-based pseudocapacitive materials were used as both anode and cathode for lithium/sodium ion capacitors(LICs/NICs) with balanced energy/power properties.As-assembled NIC and LIC could deliver the energy densities of 125.7 Wh kg~(-1)and 119.6 Wh kg~(-1) at the power density of 7941.2 W kg~(-1) and 8823.5 W kg~(-1),respectively.The electrochemical properties of NICs were better than that of LICs when the current density was below 4 A g ~(-1) although the working voltage of LIC is higher than that of NICs,and the size of Na ~(-1) is larger than that of Li~+.Using an instantaneous potential technique,it is found that the increase of the capacity for anode material in low potential region will effectively enhance the electrochemical performance for the full device.