Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6469924 | Electrochimica Acta | 2017 | 11 Pages |
â¢The α-MnO2@δ-MnO2 (3D-MnO2) was synthesized via a facile hydrothermal and chemical bath deposition process.â¢The snowflake-like core-shell 3D-MnO2 exhibits the maximum Cm of 260.5 F gâ1 at 0.3 A gâ1.â¢The 3D-MnO2//AC delivers high energy density of 36.6 Wh kgâ1 at a power density of 0.3 kW kgâ1.â¢A synthetic mechanism between α-MnO2 and δ-MnO2 is proposed.
Novel three-dimensional (3D) snowflake-like α-MnO2@δ-MnO2 (3D-MnO2), with hierarchical core-shell nanostructures, was synthesized by a facile hydrothermal route and chemical bath deposition method. The 3D-MnO2 can improve the defects of single-phase MnO2 as electrode materials. The microstructure and chemical composition of as-prepared samples were characterized by a series of means, such as XRD, SEM, TEM, HRTEM, XPS and BET. The morphology of α-MnO2, δ-MnO2 and 3D-MnO2 were 3D star-like nanowires, tremella-like nanosheets and 3D snowflake-like hierarchical nanostructures, respectively. From its unique interconnected hierarchical structure, the 3D-MnO2 possessed the highest specific capacitance (Cm) (260.5 F gâ1 at a current density of 0.3 A gâ1, about 2.7 times of α-MnO2 and 1.5 times of δ-MnO2), good rate performance and excellent cycling stability (94.7% capacitance retention after 3000 cycles). Furthermore, an asymmetric supercapacitor (3D-MnO2//AC) was successfully assembled, 3D-MnO2 as positive electrode and activated carbon (AC) as negative electrode. Meanwhile, the optimized 3D-MnO2//AC device with a voltage window of 2.0 V delivered a maximum energy density of 36.6 Wh kgâ1 at a power density of 0.3 kW kgâ1.
Graphical abstractThe snowflake-like core-shell α-MnO2@δ-MnO2 was synthesized through a facile hydrothermal method and chemical bath deposition process for high performance asymmetric supercapacitors.Download high-res image (173KB)Download full-size image