Journal
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 8262-8274Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c01507
Keywords
transition-metal sulfides; graphene; synergetic effect; microwave; energy storage; supercapacitors
Funding
- China Scholarship Council [201708370121, 201708120052]
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The one-step ultrafast microwave approach demonstrated here successfully prepares NCS/graphene composite in only 1 minute, showing potential for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. The fabricated ASC using NCS/graphene composite as positive electrode and activated carbon as negative electrode achieves high energy density and excellent cycling stability after 10,000 cycles. Microwave synthesis proves to be a highly efficient and ultrafast approach for the preparation of high-performance NCS-based electrode materials.
Nickel-cobalt sulfides (NCSs) with rich redox-active sites and remarkable theoretical capacitance have been regarded as promising electrode materials for supercapacitors. Various approaches have been developed for the synthesis of NCSs-based electrode materials. However, most of these methods require complex steps, high energy consumption, and time-consuming processes, which result in high cost, chemical contamination, and safety problems. Herein, we demonstrated a one-step ultrafast microwave approach for the successful preparation of NCS/graphene composite in 1 min. The prepared NCS/graphene composite can be used as a high-performance supercapacitor electrode with a high specific capacitance of 710 F g(-1) at a current density of 0.5 A g(-1) and a prominent cycling stability of 75% capacitance retention after 10 000 cycles. In addition, a high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) was assembled using NCS/graphene composite as a positive electrode and activated carbon as a negative electrode. The fabricated ASC can deliver a high energy density of 30.29 Wh kg(-1) at a power density of 400 W kg(-1) and exhibit excellent cycling stability with a capacitance retention of 112% after 10 000 cycles. These impressive results demonstrated that microwave synthesis can be used as a highly efficient and ultrafast approach for the preparation of high-performance NCSs-based electrode materials.
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