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NANOSCALE
Volume 3, Issue 10, Pages 4174-4181Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1nr10561b
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- Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [PolyU5187/09E]
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University [1-BBZN, 8-ZG58]
- NCET
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2009ZM0267]
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Ordered titania nanotube (TNT) arrays were fabricated by anodization of titanium with a very fast voltage ramp speed. Co(OH)(2)/TNT nanocomposite was synthesized by cathodic deposition using the as-anodized TNT as the substrate. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to characterize the morphology, crystalline structure and chemical state. The capacitive characteristics were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), charge-discharge tests, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Thanks to the electrocatalytic effect of the as-anodized TNTs on the reduction of Co(OH)(2), the Co(OH)(2)/TNT composite electrode exhibits a significantly enhanced charge storage capacity (an increase of 73%) when compared with Co(OH)(2)/Ti (titanium as the deposition substrate). The occurrence of such an electrocatalytic effect is suggested to be related to the nano-sized TiO2 crystals (rutile) embedded in organized amorphous TNTs. Co(OH)(2)/TNT demonstrates enhanced specific energy, high rate capability and good cyclability, and can be a potential electrode of choice for supercapacitors.
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