Facile synthesis of three-dimensional structured carbon fiber-NiCo2O4-Ni(OH)2 high-performance electrode for pseudocapacitors

Scientific Reports
Wei LiXiaojie Lou

Abstract

Two-dimensional textured carbon fiber is an excellent electrode material and/or supporting substrate for active materials in fuel cells, batteries, and pseudocapacitors owing to its large surface area, high porosity, ultra-lightness, good electric conductivity, and excellent chemical stability in various liquid electrolytes. And Nickel hydroxide is one of the most promising active materials that have been studied in practical pseudocapacitor applications. Here we report a high-capacitance, flexible and ultra-light composite electrode that combines the advantages of these two materials for pseudocapacitor applications. Electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the 3D hybrid nanostructured carbon fiber-NiCo2O4-Ni(OH)2 composite electrode shows high capacitance, excellent rate capability. To the best of our knowledge, the electrode developed in this work possesses the highest areal capacitance of 6.04 F cm(-2) at the current density of 5 mA cm(-2) among those employing carbon fiber as the conductor. It still remains 64.23% at 40 mA cm(-2). As for the cycling stability, the initial specific capacitance decreases only from 4.56 F cm(-2) to 3.35 F cm(-2) after 1000 cycles under a current density of 30 mA cm(-2).

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Apr 12, 2016·Chemistry, an Asian Journal·Gyoung Hwa JeongSang-Wook Kim

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BETA
X-Ray
scanning electron microscopy
transmission electron microscopy
electron diffraction

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