Hydrothermal synthesis of binary Ru-Ti oxides with excellent performances for supercapacitors

Hydrous, crystalline, binary (Ru-Ti)O(2)(.)nH(2)O with compositions equal to the ratios of metallic ions in the precursor solutions are successfully synthesized by a mild hydrothermal process. The maximum utilization of RuO(2)(.)nH(2)O (ca. 793 F/g) occurs at the composition of 60 M% TiO2-nH(2)O although phase separation is clearly found for this TiO2-enriched binary oxides. The nano-structured architecture with a high BET surface area (ca. 253 m(2)/g) of the hydrothermal-derived (Ru-Ti)O(2)(.)nH(2)O with annealing at 200 degrees C favors the physical adsorption of water and maintains a high water content which is novel and never found before. Due to this novel nanostructure, the annealed (Ru-Ti)O-2-nH(2)O synthesized by means of the hydrothermal process exhibits excellent performances (i.e., high utilization of RuO2, high power property, and long cycle life) for supercapacitors. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.