Porous interconnected NiCo2O4 nanosheets and nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped reduced graphene oxides for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors

Periyasamy Sivakumar, Milan Jana, Manikantan Kota, Hyun Sun Lee, Ho Seok Park

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Abstract

We demonstrate a facile hydrothermal synthesis of the interconnected porous NiCo2O4 nanosheets for hybrid supercapacitor applications. The as-synthesized NiCo2O4 nanosheets show a high specific capacitance of 3137 F g−1 at a current density of 2 A g−1, which is much greater than 1916 and 1251 F g−1 of Co3O4 and NiO, respectively. Interestingly, the total specific capacitance of the NiCo2O4 is almost close to the sum of the specific capacitance of the NiO and Co3O4. Furthermore, a hybrid supercapacitor is configured with the NiCo2O4 nanosheets and the nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped reduced graphene oxide as the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. This hybrid supercapacitor delivers a maximum energy density of 33.64 W h kg−1 at a power density of 1196 W kg−1 and excellent long-term cyclic stability over 12,000 charge/discharge cycles at the enlarged voltage window of 1.5 V. The remarkable supercapacitive performances of the hybrid device are attributed to the interconnected porous structure of NiCo2O4 nanosheets and three-dimensional continuous macropores of codoped reduced graphene oxides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)515-523
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume781
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This research was supported by Korea Electric Power Corporation (Grant number: R17XA05-52 ), Energy Technology Development Project (ETDP) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy ( 20172410100150 ), and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2017R1D1A1B03036362 ).

FundersFunder number
Ministry of EducationNRF-2017R1D1A1B03036362
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy20172410100150
National Research Foundation of Korea
Korea Electric Power CorporationR17XA05-52

    Keywords

    • 2D nanomaterial
    • Doped graphene
    • Hybrid supercapacitor
    • Nickel cobalt oxide

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