Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 434, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141317
Keywords
Ternary transition metal oxides; Zinc -nickel -cobalt oxide; Electrochemical performance; Energy storage; Supercapacitors
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [22078215, 22002083]
- Research Project by Shanxi Scholarship Council of China [2021-055]
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In this study, a novel urchin-like zinc-nickel-cobalt oxide (ZNCO) microsphere with a spinel cubic structure was prepared through a simple hydrothermal method. The ZNCO exhibited larger surface areas and improved electrochemical performance, showing high specific capacity, rate performance, and cycling stability. The study provides guidance on designing ternary transition metal oxides for energy conversion and storage applications.
Ternary transition metal oxides are attractive candidates for supercapacitor electrodes owing to the potential synergistic effects of multi metal species. However, their actual electrochemical performance is not satisfactory due to unsatisfied microstructures, morphologies or components. It is well known that electrode materials with appropriate morphology have a great influence on their electrochemical performance. In this work, a new urchin-like zinc-nickel-cobalt oxide (ZNCO) microsphere with a spinel cubic structure is prepared by simple hydrothermal method. Such an interesting structure is expected to offer larger surface areas, and the multi metal species can enhance the electrical conductivity, introduce extrinsic defects and improve its electrochemical performance. As expected, the specific capacity and rate performance of prepared ZNCO are 766 C/g at 1 A/g and 93.21% of capacity retention at 20 A/g, respectively. The study of charge storage mechanism of ZNCO shows that it includes both diffusion and capacitive-controlled processes. Moreover, the assembled device shows a high specific energy of 41.4 Wh/kg at a specific power of 850 W/kg and the cycling stability is nearly 90% after 20000 charge/discharge cycles. Impressively, the specific energy remains 21.6 Wh/kg at the specific power of 12.75 kW/kg. Therefore, the urchin-like ZNCO microsphere prepared in this work has a good prospect for supercapacitors electrode and this work provides guidance on designing ternary transition metal oxides for energy conversion and storage.
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