Supercapacitive properties of Mn3O4 nanoparticles bio-synthesized from banana peel extract

Dongliang Yan; Huan Zhang; Lin Chen; Guisheng Zhu; Zhongmin Wang; Huarui Xu; Aibing Yu

doi:10.1039/C4RA02603A

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Supercapacitive properties of Mn₃O₄ nanoparticles bio-synthesized from banana peel extract†

Dongliang Yan,*^a Huan Zhang,^a Lin Chen,*^b Guisheng Zhu,^a Zhongmin Wang,^a Huarui Xu*^a and Aibing Yu^c

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^a Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, PR China
E-mail: dlyan@guet.edu.cn, huaruixu@guet.edu.cn

^b Department of Material and Chemistry Engineering, Pingxiang University, Pingxiang 337055, PR China
E-mail: rymw27@163.com

^c School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

Abstract

A green approach to the synthesis of Mn₃O₄ nanoparticles using banana peel extract as both reducing and capping agent has been described. The as-obtained Mn₃O₄ electrode exhibits acceptable electrochemical performance (216 F g⁻¹ at 0.3 A g⁻¹, 93% capacity retention after 2000 cycles).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA02603A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 25 Mar 2014
Accepted: 20 May 2014
First published: 20 May 2014

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RSC Adv., 2014,4, 23649-23652

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Supercapacitive properties of Mn₃O₄ nanoparticles bio-synthesized from banana peel extract

D. Yan, H. Zhang, L. Chen, G. Zhu, Z. Wang, H. Xu and A. Yu, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 23649 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA02603A

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