3D interconnected ultrathin cobalt selenide nanosheets as cathode materials for hybrid supercapacitors

3D interconnected ultrathin CoSe nanosheets are prepared via a hydrothermal synthesis method and utilized as superior battery-like electrode material for the first time. Due to the features of the unique 3D interconnected ultrathin nanosheets with a large BET specific surface area, superior mesoporous structure and good electrical conductivity, the as-resulted 3D interconnected ultrathin CoSe nanosheets manifests a high specific capacity of 70.6 mAh g(-1) at 1 A g(-1) and remarkable rate performance with 52.8% of capacity retention rate at 100 A g(-1) compared with 1 A g(-1). Furthermore, a novel aqueous hybrid supercapacitor is assembled by employing 3D interconnected ultrathin CoSe nanosheets and activated carbon as the cathode and anode, respectively. The assembled hybrid device displays a specific energy of 18.6Wh kg(-1) at a specific power of 750Wkg(-1) and outstanding cycling life with 95.4% of the initial capacity retention for 20000 cycles at 5 A g(-1). These results imply that the unique 3D interconnected ultrathin CoSe nanosheets can be considered as highly potential candidate electrode materials for hybrid supercapacitors. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.