Amorphous MnO2 supported on 3D-Ni nanodendrites for large areal capacitance supercapacitors

•A novel 3D dendrites-like MnO2 @Ni has been prepared by a simple electrochemical process.•The as-prepared 3D metal Ni can be improved the electrochemical performance by decorating MnO2.•The findings indicate that the novel 3D architectures offer a very promising design for supercapacitors.

In this paper, we report a metal oxide/metal MnO2/3D dendrites-like Ni core-shell electrode on Ni foam for high-performance supercapacitors. The MnO2/3D-Ni electrode exhibits a large areal capacitance (837.6 mF cm−2) at high loading mass of MnO2 (3 mg cm−2). Moreover, MnO2/3D-Ni composite electrodes exhibit excellent rate capability and high cycling stability (16% degradation after 2000 cycles). The high electrochemical properties of MnO2/3D-Ni electrode can be attributed to the high conductivity of the Ni metal core, high porous and large specific surface structure of the MnO2/3D-Ni nanocomposites, which facilitates electrolyte diffusion, electron transport, and material utilization. These results indicate highly conductive 3D dendrites-like Ni nanoparticles may could provide new opportunities for the development of high performance supercapacitors.

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