Issue 43, 2020

Ultra-high rate capability of the synergistically built dual nanostructure of NiCo2S4/nickel foam as an electrode in supercapacitors

Abstract

The microstructure of electrode materials and its synergism with current collectors have been a research focus in the area of Faraday supercapacitors (FSs), while the microstructure of current collectors has been neglected in most cases. To eliminate the electrochemical bottleneck of FSs, the comprehensive consideration on electrodes should simultaneously include both the microstructures of materials and current collectors, and their synergism. In this work, a dual nanostructure of NiCo2S4/nickel foam is built to achieve an electrode with structure-synergistical contribution from materials and current collectors. The as-built electrode presents an ultra-high rate capacity (1223.8 C g−1 at 2.5 A g−1; 53.40% capacity retention at an ultra-high current density of 148.5 A g−1) and excellent cycling stability (94.56% capacity retention after 10 000 charge–discharge cycles). The as-assembled asymmetrical supercapacitors show both high energy and power densities (76.7 W h kg−1 at 425.7 W kg−1; 41.9 W h kg−1 at 10 643.3 W kg−1). These results demonstrate that the dual nanostructure of the electrode is valuable for achieving high performance supercapacitors.

Graphical abstract: Ultra-high rate capability of the synergistically built dual nanostructure of NiCo2S4/nickel foam as an electrode in supercapacitors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Sept. 2020
Accepted
09 Okt. 2020
First published
12 Okt. 2020

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 22330-22339

Ultra-high rate capability of the synergistically built dual nanostructure of NiCo2S4/nickel foam as an electrode in supercapacitors

P. Liu, Y. Liu, J. Li, M. Wang and H. Cui, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 22330 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06450E

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