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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/17/175602
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- National Science Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan) [NSC 96-2113-M-006-015-MY3]
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A nano-structured Co oxide electrode (with a Ni substrate) was successfully prepared using an entirely electrochemical process, which included the co-deposition of a Ni-Cu alloy film, selective etching of Cu from the film, and anodic deposition of Co oxide on the obtained nano-porous Ni substrate which had an average pore size of approximately 100 nm and a pore density of about 10(13) m(-2). The excellent electrochemical activity of the prepared electrode was demonstrated in terms of its pseudocapacitive performance, which was evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) in 1 M KOH solution. The specific capacitance of the nano-structured Co oxide measured at a potential scan rate of 10 mV s(-1) was as high as 2200 F g(-1), which is over ten times higher than that of a flat oxide electrode (209 F g(-1)). The highly porous Co oxide also had superior kinetic performance as compared to a flat electrode. At a high CV scan rate of 50 mV s(-1), the two electrodes retained 94% and 59%, respectively, of their specific capacitances measured at 5 mV s(-1).
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