Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide with High Rate Pseudo-Capacitance Prepared by a New Sol-Gel Process

A kind of ruthenium oxide with smaller particles and higher porosity was prepared by a sol-gel process with RuCl3·xH2O and NaHCO3 solution. Several details concerning this new material, including crystal structure, particle size as functions of the temperature, and electrochemical properties were also reported. The optimal annealing temperature was 210 ℃ and the powder annealed at this temperature had a rate capacitance of 541 F/g. In addition, the rate capacitance of the composite electrode reached 802 F/g after 10% carbon black was added, much higher than any previously reported value. High energy density supercapacitors were built with the newly discovered electrode material. Energy densities as high as 67 J/g were obtained based on the RuO2·xH2O alone. By introducing the highly porous carbon black into the electrode, energy densities great than 100 J/g could be achieved. The power density of the capacitor was enhanced significantly.

Controllable preparation of hierarchical NiO hollow microspheres with high pseudo-capacitance

Nickel oxide(NiO)hollow microspheres with hierarchical structure were fabricated through a process consisting of a self-assembling,hydrothermal reaction and calcination.The prepared NiO hollow microspheres composed of many nanoflakes,are about 2-3μm in diameter.The length of the NiO flakes,having clear edges,is about 500-700 nm,while the thickness is only about 40-50 nm.This indicates that the NiO microspheres possess a hierarchical structure that can provide porous channels to facilitate the transmission of both electrons and electrolyte ions.NiO microspheres exhibit a high specific capacitance of about 1340 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g and high capacitance retention about 96.5%after 1000 cycles.What’s more,the conductive mechanism of nickel oxide for electrochemical capacitor electrodes was also studied.

Preparation and Pseudo-capacitance Performance of NiCo2O4 Nanosheets

Ternary nickel cobaltite(NiCo2O4),as a promising electrode material for supercapacitors,has attracted increasing attention for its excellent electrochemical properties.In this study,novel NiCo2O4 nanosheets were rationally designed and prepared using dealloying process,followed by an oxidation treatment.The as-prepared sample was characterized by microstructural and electrochemical techniques in view of its possible application in supercapacitors.The as-prepared sample exhibited high specific capacitance and excellent durability.The specific capacitance reached 663 F/g at 1 A/g and the rate capacitance high up to 73.6%when the current density increased from 1 A/g to 20 A/g.After 5000 cycles of galvanostatic charge-discharge durability test at 4 A/g,the capacity retention rate was 82.1%.The results indicate that versatile dealloying can be used to prepare robust electrode for supercapacitor application.

Boosting Pseudocapacitive Behavior of Supercapattery Electrodes by Incorporating a Schottky Junction for Ultrahigh Energy Density

Pseudo-capacitive negative electrodes remain a major bottleneck in the development of supercapacitor devices with high energy density because the electric double-layer capacitance of the negative electrodes does not match the pseudocapacitance of the corresponding positive electrodes.In the present study,a strategically improved Ni-Co-Mo sulfide is demonstrated to be a promising candidate for high energy density supercapattery devices due to its sustained pseudocapacitive charge storage mechanism.The pseudocapacitive behavior is enhanced when operating under a high current through the addition of a classical Schottky junction next to the electrode-electrolyte interface using atomic layer deposition.The Schottky junction accelerates and decelerates the diffusion of OH-/K+ions during the charging and discharging processes,respectively,to improve the pseudocapacitive behavior.The resulting pseudocapacitive negative electrodes exhibits a specific capacity of 2,114 C g^(-1)at 2 A g^(-1)matches almost that of the positive electrode’s 2,795 C g^(-1)at 3 A g^(-1).As a result,with the equivalent contribution from the positive and negative electrodes,an energy density of 236.1 Wh kg^(-1)is achieved at a power density of 921.9 W kg^(-1)with a total active mass of 15 mg cm-2.This strategy demonstrates the possibility of producing supercapacitors that adapt well to the supercapattery zone of a Ragone plot and that are equal to batteries in terms of energy density,thus,offering a route for further advances in electrochemical energy storage and conversion processes.

Electrochemical performance of nickel oxide/KOH/active carbon super-capacitor

The fabrication and characterization of new type Nickel oxide/KOH/Activecarbon super-capacitor have been described. Porous nickel oxide was prepared by hydrolysis of nickelacetate and heated in air at 300 deg C. The resulting nickel oxide behaved as an electrochemicalcapacitor electrode with a specific capacitance (50-70 F/g) superior to most active carbonelectrodes. This kind of nickel oxide maintained high utilization at high rate of discharge (i.e.,high power density) and had excellent cycle life more than 1000 times, while the capacitance of thecell composed of two identical nickel oxide electrodes was poor at high discharge current densityand the maximum operational voltage of this type capacitor was limited to 0.5 V. A new typesuper-capacitor was designed in which the nickel oxide and the active carbon were applied to thepositive and negative electrodes respectively. The breakdown voltage of this type super-capacitorwas improved effectively to 0.8 V and excellent characteristic of high power discharge was attainedin this way. The Nickel oxide/KOH/Active carbon super-capacitor has promising potentials in portabletelecommunications, uninterruptable power supplies and battery load leveling applications.

Enhanced Pseudo‑Capacitive Contributions to High‑Performance Sodium Storage in TiO2/C Nanofibers via Double Effects of Sulfur Modification

Pseudo-capacitive mechanisms can provide higher energy densities than electrical double-layer capacitors while being faster than bulk storage mechanisms.Usually,they suffer from low intrinsic electronic and ion conductivities of the active materials.Here,taking advantage of the combination of TiS2 decoration,sulfur doping,and a nanometer-sized structure,as-spun TiO2/C nanofiber composites are developed that enable rapid transport of sodium ions and electrons,and exhibit enhanced pseudo-capacitively dominated capacities.At a scan rate of 0.5 mV s−1,a high pseudo-capacitive contribution(76%of the total storage)is obtained for the S-doped TiS2/TiO2/C electrode(termed as TiS2/S-TiO2/C).Such enhanced pseudocapacitive activity allows rapid chemical kinetics and significantly improves the high-rate sodium storage performance of TiO2.The TiS2/S-TiO2/C composite electrode delivers a high capacity of 114 mAh g−1 at a current density of 5000 mA g−1.The capacity maintains at high level(161 mAh g−1)even after 1500 cycles and is still characterized by 58 mAh g−1 at the extreme condition of 10,000 mA g−1 after 10,000 cycles.

Investigating metal-organic framework as a new pseudo-capacitive material for supercapacitors

A new application of metal organic framework （MOF） as a pseudo-capacitive material for supercapacitors is investigated. To this end, a simple nickel-based MOF, formulated Ni3（btc）2.12H2O, is synthesized via a hydrothermal reaction. As an electro-active material, such nickel-based MOF exhibits superior pseudo- capacitive behavior in KOH aqueous electrolyte with a high specific capacitance of 726 F g-1. Also, it displays good electrochemical stability with 94.6% of the initial capacitance over consecutive 1000 cycles. In addition, a simple asymmetric supercapacitor with a high energy density of 16.5 Wh kg-1 is successfully built using the nickel-based MOF as positive electrode and commercial activated carbon as negative electrode in KOH electrolyte.

Flexible supercapacitors based on carbon nanotubes

Since carbon nanotubes（CNTs） possess unique one dimensional（1D） structure, considerable attention has been paid to constructing CNTs into macroscopic materials with different dimensions, including 1D fibers,2D films, and 3D foams. Such macroscopic CNT materials exhibit high conductivity, large surface area, as well as good mechanical properties, and thus can be directly used as the flexible supercapacitor（SC） electrodes or the scaffolds for supporting pseudo-capacitive electrode materials. Based on these macroscopic CNT electrodes, diverse SCs with different structures, including flexible, stretchable and/or compressible fiber and thin film SCs, have been designed. This review provides an overview of recent progress towards the development of flexible SCs based on macroscopic CNTs-based electrodes, with a focus on electrode preparation and configuration design as well as their integration with other multifunctional devices.Future development and prospects in the CNTs-based flexible SCs are also discussed.