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Orderly defective superstructure for enhanced pseudocapacitive storage in titanium niobium oxide

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Artificial defect engineering in transition metal oxides is of important terms for numerous applications. In the present work, we proposed an in-situ gas reduction strategy to introduce ordered defects into titanium niobium oxide embedding on vapor grew carbon fibers (Ti2Nb10O29−x@VGCFs). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and fast Fourier transform (FFT) simulation indicate that the ordered oxygen defects locate at interval layers, which leads to a new superstructure in Ti2Nb10O29. The ordered defects could provide extra active sites for lithium-ion storage and modulate ionic migration, resulting an enhanced pseudocapacitive performance. In addition, the excellent structural stability of the superstructure was proved by in-situ HRTEM under a harsh electrochemical process. Our work provides a directly observation of orderly defective superstructure in transition metal oxide, and its functionality on electrochemistry was revealed.

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The work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFB1304902), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21975025, 21203008, and 11904372), the Bei**g Natural Science Foundation (No. 2172051). XRD measurements were performed in the Analysis & Testing Center, Bei**g Institute of Technology. We appreciated help from Dr. Hongwei Ma (Analysis & Testing Center) for XRD analysis. The authors acknowledge Analysis and Testing Center in Bei**g Institute of Technology.

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    Le Yang, **feng Zeng, Lei Zhou, Wellars Utetiwabo, Muhammad Khurram Tufail, Saisai Wang, Wen Yang & Jiatao Zhang

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Le Yang: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editing, Data Curation

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Yang, L., Zeng, J., Zhou, L. et al. Orderly defective superstructure for enhanced pseudocapacitive storage in titanium niobium oxide. Nano Res. 15, 1570–1578 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3703-6

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