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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages 1123-1126Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2011.07.012
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Cobalt oxide; Porous film; Supercapacitor; Electrodeposition; Liquid crystalline template
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Hierarchically porous Co3O4 film is prepared by a cathodic electrodeposition via liquid crystalline template. The as-prepared Co3O4 film has a net-like structure of interconnected nanoflakes with a thickness of 15-20 nm. Interestingly, the Co3O4 nanoflakes possess mesoporous walls ranging from 2 to 3 nm. As cathode material for supercapacitors, the hierarchically porous Co3O4 film exhibits superior supercapacitor performances with high specific capacitances (443 F g(-1) at 2 A g(-1) and 334 F g(-1) at 40 A g(-1)) as well as excellent cycle life, making it suitable for high-performance supercapacitor application. The improved supercapacitor performances are due to its unique hierarchically porous morphological characteristics, which provide fast ion and electron transfer, large reaction surface area, resulting in fast reaction kinetics. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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