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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 7, Pages 3181-3187Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45038d
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51273158, 21303131]
- Natural Science Basis Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2012JQ6003, 2013KJXX-49]
- Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [20120201120048]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-13-0449]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Hierarchically tubular structures comprised NiO nanosheets were successfully prepared through a mild solution route based on the template of polymeric nanotubes (PNT) followed by a thermal annealing treatment. The microstructure and chemical composition of NiO nanosheets nanotubes are investigated by SEM, TEM, HRTEM, SAED and XRD. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of this sample is calculated to be 98 m(2) g(-1) and the majority of pores have a size in the range of 2-10 nm. The thermal behavior of Ni-precursor@ PNT was studied by TGA and the weight fraction of NiO nanosheets nanotubes obtained by calcination is measured to be 57.0%. The specific capacitance of the unique NiO nanosheets nanotubes is 588 F g(-1) at the end of 1000 cycles when the charge-discharge current density is 3 A g (1), leading to only 5.2% capacity loss. In addition, the NiO nanotubes coating by relatively sparse and thin nanosheets possess better electrochemical properties. The specific capacitance is 960 F g(-1) at the end of 1000 cycles when the charge-discharge current density is 10 A g(-1), leading to only 1.2% capacity loss. Broadly, the as-obtained NiO nanosheets nanotubes reveal relatively high capacitance and remarkable cycling stability in virtue of the hollow, porous, flaky and tubular nanostructures.
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