Cation-Disordered Rock-Salt Lithium Titanium Oxyfluoride Anode Enabling High-Rate Li-Ion Storage Through a 3D Percolation Network
Corresponding Author: Rutao Wang
Nano-Micro Letters,
Vol. 18 (2026), Article Number: 277
Abstract
Pseudocapacitive materials employ rapid, non-diffusion-limited faradaic processes to store charge, demonstrating significant potential for fast-charging batteries and supercapacitors. However, the high redox potentials of existing pseudocapacitive anodes substantially lower the overall cell voltage and energy density. Here, a cation-disordered rock-salt lithium titanium oxyfluoride (DRX-LixTiOF2, 0 < x < 2) is reported to reversibly accommodate approximately 1.19 mol of Li+ (~ 310 mAh g−1) and delivers high-rate performance (exceeding 64.4 C) via pseudocapacitive Li+ storage within a low potential window extending down to 0.1 V vs. Li+/Li. This pseudocapacitive behavior is characterized by several structural and electrochemical features: the absence of phase transformation during Li+ intercalation, quasi-rectangular cyclic voltammetry curves, sloping charge/discharge profiles and a surface-controlled current response. We further reveal that the pseudocapacitive characteristics originate from a three-dimensional percolation network that facilitates fast Li+ migration with low energy barriers, enabled by a cation/anion-disordered structure arising from the mixed occupancy of Li/Ti cations and O/F anions. Owing to its low operating potential and high-rate capability, DRX-LixTiOF2 allows a lithium-ion capacitor to attain 4.0 V cell voltage and achieve energy and power densities several times higher than those obtained with conventional anodes, such as battery-type Li4Ti5O12 or pseudocapacitive materials like Nb2O5 and TiO2.
Highlights:
1 A novel low-potential cation-disordered rock-salt lithium titanium oxyfluoride (DRX-LixTiOF2) anode synthesized via electrochemically induced transformation enables pseudocapacitive Li+ storage extending down to 0.1 V vs. Li+/Li and delivers a high reversible capacity of ~ 310 mAh g−1 and an ultrahigh rate capability exceeding 64.4 C.
2 Monte Carlo simulations reveal that the pseudocapacitive characteristics of DRX-LixTiOF2 anode originate from a three-dimensional percolation network that facilitates fast Li+ migration with low energy barriers, enabled by a cation/anion-disordered structure arising from the mixed occupancy of Li/Ti cations and O/F anions.
3 The lithium-ion capacitor assembled with this DRX-LixTiOF2 anode and an activated carbon cathode exhibits exceptional performance: a 4.0 V operating voltage, a high energy density of 197.9 Wh kg−1 and an ultrahigh power density of 50,000 W kg−1.
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