Issue 20, 2021

Facile fabrication of CuCo2S4 nanoparticles/MXene composite as anode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor

Abstract

A novel organ-like Ti3C2Tx/CuCo2S4 composite was synthesized via a hydrothermal method by forming well-defined and uniformly dispersed CuCo2S4 nanoparticles on Ti3C2Tx nanosheets. Mainly owing to the increase in conductivity, electron/ion transport capacity and the structural stability of the Ti3C2Tx/CuCo2S4 composite in 6 M KOH electrolyte, the MXene/CuCo2S4 composite material exhibited enhanced performance (992.3 C g−1 at 1 A g−1) compared with pristine CuCo2S4 (675.2 C g−1 at 1 A g−1) and Ti3C2Tx MXene (92.3 C g−1 at 1 A g−1). In addition, an asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) was built with Ti3C2Tx MXene/CuCo2S4 as the positive electrode and activated carbon (AC) as the negative electrode (MXene/CuCo2S4//AC). This ASC device exhibited a specific capacity of 269.4 C g−1 at 1 A g−1 in the potential range from 0 to 1.6 V. The maximum specific energy of 66.8 W h kg−1 at a specific power of 895.1 W kg−1 was obtained with an 88.2% capacity retention after 10 000 charge–discharge cycles at a current density of 8 A g−1. Moreover, the ASC device also showed 89.7% capacity retention at floating time over 200 h at 8 A g−1. These results illustrate MXene/CuCo2S4 as a promising electrode for supercapacitors.

Graphical abstract: Facile fabrication of CuCo2S4 nanoparticles/MXene composite as anode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
18 Jul 2021
Accepted
28 Aug 2021
First published
30 Aug 2021

Mater. Chem. Front., 2021,5, 7606-7616

Facile fabrication of CuCo2S4 nanoparticles/MXene composite as anode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor

X. Chen, Z. Ding, H. Yu, H. Ge, W. Liu and S. Sun, Mater. Chem. Front., 2021, 5, 7606 DOI: 10.1039/D1QM01029H

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