Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 329-336Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.09.033
Keywords
Three dimensional porous network; Co(OH)(2); Electrodeposition; Electrochemical supercapacitors
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Funding
- HK-RGC General Research Funds (GRF) [HKUST 605710, 604809]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21403287]
- National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China [2014M550314]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China [BK20140383]
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A three-dimensional (3D) conductive network as the current collector is critical to enabling high-performance power sources because it not only provides a highly electrolytic accessible area of electroactive materials, but also facilitates electron and electrolyte ion transport. Here, we design a facile method to construct a secondary porous Ni structure (SPNi) on the surface of Ni foam. The SPNi-Ni scaffold can increase the loading of active materials and facilitate transportation of electrons and electrolyte ions. As a demonstration, after depositing Co(OH)(2) active material, it can deliver much higher area-specific capacitance of 11.91 F/cm(2) at a current density of 10 mA cm(-2) and cyclic stability (similar to 16% loss after 1000 cycles) than those on the bare Ni foam under the identical current density (3.57 F cm(-2), 30% loss after 1000 cycles). The results establish that the bicontinuously 3D porous scaffold is a promising candidate for building up high performance energy storage devices. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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