scholarly journals Sol-gel synthesis and electrochemical performance of NiCo2O4 nanoparticles for supercapacitor applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-253
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Yi Ru ◽  
Hai-Li Gao ◽  
Shi-Wen Wang ◽  
Ji Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Electrochemical Tests ◽  
Potential Electrode ◽  
Current Densities

In this work, NiCo2O4 nanoparticles with enhanced supercapacitive performance have been successfully synthesized via a facile sol-gel method and subsequent calcination in air. The morphology and composition of as-prepared samples were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray dif­fraction (XRD), and Raman spectroscopy (Raman). The electrochemical per­formances of NiCo2O4 nanoparticles as supercapacitor electrode materials were evalu­ated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD) tests in 3 mol L-1 KOH aqueous solution. The results show that as-prepared NiCo2O4 nanoparticles have diameters of about 20-30 nm with uniform distribution. There are some interspaces between nanoparticles observed, which could increase the effective contact area with the electrolyte and provide fast path for the insertion and extraction of electrolyte ions. The electrochemical tests show that the prepared NiCo2O4 nanoparticles for supercapacitors exhibit excellent electrochemical performance with high specific capacitance and good cycle stability. The specific capacitance of NiCo2O4 electrode has been found as high as 1080, 800, 651, and 574 F g-1 at current densities of 1, 4, 7, and 10 A g-1, respectively. Notably, the capacitance retention rate (compared with 1 A g-1) is up to 74.1 %, 60.3 %, and 53.1 % at current densities of 4, 7, and 10 A g-1, respectively. After 100 cycles, higher capacitance retention rate is also achieved. Therefore, the results indicate that NiCo2O4 material is the potential electrode material for supercapacitors.

Effect of dopant on the morphology and electrochemical performance of Ni1-xCaxCo2O4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) oxide hierarchical structures

MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
D. Guragain ◽  
C. Zequine ◽  
R. Bhattarai ◽  
J. Choi ◽  
R. K. Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Energy Band ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Binary Metal Oxides ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

ABSTRACT The binary metal oxides are increasingly used as supercapacitor electrode materials in energy storing devices. Particularly NiCo2O4 has shown promising electrocapacitive performance with high specific capacitance and energy density. The electrocapacitive performance of these oxides largely depends on their morphology and electrical properties governed by their energy band-gaps and defects. The morphological structure of NiCo2O4 can be altered via the synthesis route, while the energy band-gap could be altered by doping. Also, doping can enhance crystal stability and bring in grain refinement, which can further improve the much-needed surface area for high specific capacitance. Given the above, this study evaluates the electrochemical performance of Ca-doped Ni1-xCaxCo2O4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) compounds. This stipulates promising applications for electrodes in future supercapacitors.

Orderly Arranged Bead-Chain Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO Ternary Nanocomposites with High Specific Capacitance for Supercapacitors

NANO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 2050082
Author(s):  
Lei Su ◽  
Chunyong Zhang ◽  
Li Shu ◽  
Linna Huang ◽  
Jianning Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Electrochemical Tests ◽  
Excellent Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Oxide Particles

A series of metal oxide nanocomposites have been successfully synthesized by electrospinning technology. The obtained nanocomposites (Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO) are an ordered arrangement of metal oxide particles (10[Formula: see text]nm), with the shape like bead chain. The acquired Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO ternary nanocomposites were used as electrode materials to manufacture a supercapacitor. Electrochemical tests showed that the synthesis of nanocomposites made of electrode materials had good electrochemical performance in 6[Formula: see text]mol/L KOH electrolyte. The results showed that at a scan rate of 5[Formula: see text]mV/s, the specific capacitance of Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO had a larger specific capacitance of 1306[Formula: see text]F/g than NiO, Cu2O-NiO and Mn3O4-NiO. The excellent electrochemical performance showed that the electrostatic spinning method is an effective technology for developing nanocomposites for energy storage devices.

Poly(aniline-co-pyrrole)-coated Ni-doped manganese dioxide as electrode materials for supercapacitors

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 2051007
Author(s):  
Jie Dong ◽  
Qinghao Yang ◽  
Qiuli Zhao ◽  
Zhenzhong Hou ◽  
Yue Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Manganese Dioxide ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Cycle Stability ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Scan Rate ◽  
Poly Aniline ◽  
Inorganic And Organic

Electrode materials with a high specific capacitance, outstanding reversibility and excellent cycle stability are constantly pursued for supercapacitors. In this paper, we present an approach to improve the electrochemical performance by combining the advantages of both inorganic and organic. Ni-MnO2/PANi-co-PPy composites are synthesized, with the copolymer of aniline/pyrrole being coated on the surface of Ni-doped manganese dioxide nanospheres. The inorganic–organic composite enables a substantial increase in its specific capacitance and cycle stability. When the mass ratio of Ni-MnO2 to aniline and pyrrole mixed monomer is 1:5, the composite delivers high specific capacitance of 445.49[Formula: see text]F/g at a scan rate of 2[Formula: see text]mV/s and excellent cycle stability of 61.65% retention after 5000 cycles. The results indicate that the Ni-MnO2/PANi-co-PPy composites are promising electrode materials for future supercapacitors application.

Novel Electrode Materials for Ultracapacitors:Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Sol-Gel-Derived Manganese Dioxide Thin Films

1999 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suh-Cern Pang ◽  
MarcA Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Potential Range ◽  
Proton Mobility ◽  
Reversible Redox ◽  
Sol Gel Process ◽  
Nickel Substrates

ABSTRACTNanoparticulate MnO2thin films fabricated by the sol-gel process have been shown to be an outstanding novel electrode material for Ultracapacitors. The average specific capacitance of sol-gel-derived MnO2thin-films on nickel substrates as determined by cyclic voltammetry ranged from 566 to 698 F/g. These films also exhibited good cycling stability within the potential range of 0.0-0.9V (vs SCE) in unbuffered aqueous electrolyte. Both CV and XPS studies showed that MnO2films have remained chemically and structurally intact after 1,500 cycles. The XRD spectra and SEM micrographs showed that the microstructure of MnO2thin films are highly porous, and poorly crystalline or amorphous in nature. The high specific capacitance of MnO2may be predominantly due to pseudocapacitance associated with homogenous and reversible redox reactions of proton insertion into and out of the MnO2lattice. Any variation in the microstructure and thickness of films might affect proton mobility within the oxide matrix and thereby affecting their cycling behaviors. Further optimization of the cycling behaviors is envisaged with better microstructural and thickness control of these sol-gelderived nanoparticulate MnO2thin films.

A Facile Synthesis of NiFe2O4 with High Specific Capacitance as Supercapacitor Electrode Material

2018 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 854-858
Author(s):  
Xi Cheng Gao ◽  
Jian Qiang Bi ◽  
Wei Li Wang ◽  
Guo Xun Sun ◽  
Xu Xia Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Electrochemical Property ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Constant Current Charge ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

NiFe2O4 powders were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method at 180°C followed by a thermal treatment at 300°C. The phase composition and morphology were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results showed that the NiFe2O4 powders were well-crystallized, and they possessed a particle size in the range of 50-100 nm. The electrochemical property was characterized via cyclic voltammetry (CV) and constant current charge-discharge method. Encouragingly, the NiFe2O4 powders had an excellent electrochemical property, whose specific capacitance reached 266.84 F/g at the electric current density of 1 A/g due to the small particle size. Compared with other Fe-based metal compound oxides, NiFe2O4 has a better electrochemical performance, which can be widely used in the supercapacitor electrode materials.

Hierarchical Dendritic Polypyrrole with High Specific Capacitance for High-performance Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Weiliang Chen ◽  
Shuhua Pang ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Zhewei Yang ◽  
Xin Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Current Density ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Chemical Oxidation ◽  
Channel Structure ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Infrared Spectrometer ◽  
A Current

Polypyrrole with hierarchical dendritic structures assembled with cauliflower-like structure of nanospheres, was synthesized by chemical oxidation polymerization. The structure of polyryrrole was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy. The electrochemical performance was performed on CHI660 electrochemical workstation. The results show that oxalic acid has a significant effect on morphology of PPy products. The hierarchical dendritic PPyOA(3) electrodes possess a large specific capacitance as high as 744 F/g at a current density of 0.2 A/g and could achieve a higher specific capacitance of 362 F/g even at a current density of 5.0 A/g. Moreover, the dendritic PPy products produce a large surface area on the electrode through the formation of the channel structure with their assembled cauliflower-like morphology, which facilitates the charge/electron transfer relative to the spherical PPy electrode. The spherical dendritic PPyOA(3) electrode has 58% retention of initial specific capacitance after 260 cycles. The as-prepared dendritic polypyrrole with high performance is a promsing electrode material for supercapacitor.

Architecture engineering of supercapacitor electrode materials

2016 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 1640001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunfeng Chen ◽  
Gong Li ◽  
Dongfeng Xue
Keyword(s):  
Specific Surface ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Electronic Conductivity ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode

The biggest challenge for today’s supercapacitor systems readily possessing high power density is their low energy density. Their electrode materials with controllable structure, specific surface area, electronic conductivity, and oxidation state, have long been highlighted. Architecture engineering of functional electrode materials toward powerful supercapacitor systems is becoming a big fashion in the community. The construction of ion-accessible tunnel structures can microscopically increase the specific capacitance and materials utilization; stiff 3D structures with high specific surface area can macroscopically assure high specific capacitance. Many exciting findings in electrode materials mainly focus on the construction of ice-folded graphene paper, in situ functionalized graphene, in situ crystallizing colloidal ionic particles and polymorphic metal oxides. This feature paper highlights some recent architecture engineering strategies toward high-energy supercapacitor electrode systems, including electric double-layer capacitance (EDLC) and pseudocapacitance.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Benzoxazine-Based N-Doped Mesoporous Carbons as High-Performance Electrode Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 422
Author(s):  
Haihan Zhang ◽  
Li Xu ◽  
Guoji Liu
Keyword(s):  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Mesoporous Structure ◽  
Electrode System ◽  
Excellent Electrochemical Performance ◽  
Nitrogen Doped Carbon

In this work, nitrogen-doped carbon materials (NCMs) were prepared using aniline-phenol benzoxazine (BOZ) or aniline-cardanol benzoxazine as the carbon precursor and SBA-15 as the hard template. The effects of the carbonization temperature (700, 800, and 900 °C) and different nitrogen contents on the electrochemical properties of carbon materials were investigated. The samples synthesized using aniline-phenol benzoxazine as precursors and treated at 900 °C (NCM-900) exhibited an excellent electrochemical performance. The specific capacitance was 460 F/g at a current density of 0.25 A/g and the cycle stability was excellent (96.1% retention rate of the initial capacitance after 2000 cycles) in a 0.5 M H2SO4 electrolyte with a three-electrode system. Furthermore, NCM-900 also exhibited a high specific capacitance, comparable energy/power densities, and excellent cycling stability using a symmetrical electrode system. The characterization of the morphology and structure of the materials suggests it possessed an ordered mesoporous structure and a large specific surface area. NCM-900 could thus be considered a promising electrode material for supercapacitors.

Electrochemical fabrication of polyaniline/graphene paper (PANI/GP) supercapacitor electrode materials on free-standing flexible graphene paper

2021 ◽  
pp. 095400832110231
Author(s):  
Fengyan Lv ◽  
Shanxin Xiong ◽  
Xiaoqin Wang ◽  
Jia Chu ◽  
Runlan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Electrochemical Polymerization ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Flexible Electrode ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Graphene Paper

Free-standing flexible supercapacitive electrodes have practical application for wearable energy storage devices. In this paper, graphene paper (GP), a flexible electrode substrate, was prepared by one-step reduction of graphene oxide (GO) using HI solution. GP can be used independently as a flexible electrode with specific capacitance of 227 F/g. In order to make up for the shortage of GP specific capacitance storage, polyaniline (PANI) with high specific capacitance and good electrical conductivity was selected to composite with GP by electrochemical polymerization approach. This method to fabricate electrode material by direct electrochemical polymerization avoids the use of conductive binder and organic solvent. Owing to the specific capacitance contribution of PANI and GP, the PANI/GP composites exhibit higher specific capacitance when the polymerization time is 30 s and the polymerization voltage is 0.8 V. At 1 A/g current density, the specific capacitance of composite is up to 759 F/g, which is 3.34 times of neat GP.

scholarly journals Nanoflower Ni(OH)2 grown in situ on Ni foam for high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 5236-5246
Author(s):  
Xuerui Yi ◽  
Huapeng Sun ◽  
Neil Robertson ◽  
Caroline Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
High Specific Capacitance ◽  
Ni Foam ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode ◽  
Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

Nanoflower Ni(OH)2 shows exceptionally high specific capacitance.

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