Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 10, Issue 26, Pages 12820-12840Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr03533d
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT)/MEC
- FEDER under Program PT2020 [31271, UID/QUI/50006/2013-POCI/01/0145/FEDER/007265, UID/NAN/50024/2013, UID/QUI/00616/2013]
- FEDER under Program PT2020 (REQUIMTE/LAQV project)
- FCT [IF/01080/2015]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This work reports on the design of novel mixed valence hybrid N-doped carbon nanotubes/metal ferrite nanomaterials (MFe2O4, M(ii) = Mn, Fe, Co) with tailored composition, and magnetic and electrical properties through a straightforward eco-sustainable and less time consuming one-pot in situ coprecipitation process. The potentialities of this strategy rely on the lack of oxidative treatments to the support and thermal annealing, besides the use of aqueous conditions, a chelating base (isopropanolamine) and low temperatures. The process afforded the controlled nucleation/growth of the MFe2O4 nanoparticles (NPs), with sizes of 3.2-5.4 nm and superparamagnetic properties, on the surface of the N-doped carbon nanotubes (CNT-N) and their immobilization by covalent bonding. The nitrogen-based functionalities of CNT-N allied with the use of a coprecipitation agent with coordinating properties towards M(ii)/Fe(iii) cations were responsible for these achievements. To unravel the potentialities of the novel nanohybrids (CNT-N@M), they were tested as electrode active nanomaterials in the fabrication of all-solid-state asymmetric paper supercapacitors (SCs). All asymmetric SCs presented significantly higher performance than the symmetric CNT-N based one, with an enhancement of the energy density to up to 6.0x and of the power density to up to 4.3x due to the occurrence of both non-faradaic and faradaic charge storage mechanisms. Moreover, they led to enhanced volumetric energy density (up to 11.1x) and power density (up to 5.2x) compared with other solid-state hybrid paper SCs based on carbon materials recently reported in the literature. These results highlight the importance of conjugating a conductive support bearing N-based functionalities with MFe2O4 NPs featuring redox properties towards synergistically enhanced energy storage.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available