Issue 15, 2021

Uniform MnCo2O4.5 porous nanowires and quasi-cubes for hybrid supercapacitors with excellent electrochemical performances

Abstract

In this work, uniform MnCo2O4.5 nanowires (NWs) on stainless steel foil (SSF) were prepared through a facile, cost-efficient, and eco-friendly hydrothermal method at 120 °C with a post-calcination process in air. The microstructure of MnCo2O4.5 samples could be tuned at different hydrothermal temperatures and quasi-cubes (QCs) were obtained in high yield at 150 °C. The MnCo2O4.5 NW powder peeled off from the SSF delivered an outstanding capacity of 248.62 C g−1 at 1 A g−1 with a capacity preservation of 179.43 C g−1 at 8 A g−1, while the QCs exhibited 177.19 and 111.73 C g−1, respectively. To assess the possibility of its actual applications, a hybrid supercapacitor (HSC) device has been assembled by utilizing these MnCo2O4.5 NWs (QCs) and activated carbon (AC) as the cathode and anode, respectively. The MnCo2O4.5 NWs//AC HSC delivered a maximum capacity up to 116.95 C g−1 and extraordinary cycling durability with only 3.56% capacity loss over 5000 cycles. Besides, the MnCo2O4.5 NWs//AC HSC achieved a maximum energy density of 25.41 W h kg−1 at a power density of 782.08 W kg−1, and for the QC-based HSC, it showed a lower energy density of 20.54 W h kg−1 at 843.34 W kg−1. These remarkable electrochemical properties demonstrate that the porous MnCo2O4.5 NWs and QCs may serve as promising cathodes for advanced hybrid supercapacitors with superior performance, and the present synthetic methodology may be applied to the preparation of other cobalt-based binary metal oxides with excellent electrochemical properties.

Graphical abstract: Uniform MnCo2O4.5 porous nanowires and quasi-cubes for hybrid supercapacitors with excellent electrochemical performances

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Apr 2021
Accepted
02 Jun 2021
First published
03 Jun 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 4447-4458

Uniform MnCo2O4.5 porous nanowires and quasi-cubes for hybrid supercapacitors with excellent electrochemical performances

X. Du, J. Sun, R. Wu, E. Bao, C. Xu and H. Chen, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 4447 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00271F

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