Activated carbon induced oxygen vacancies-engineered nickel ferrite with enhanced conductivity for supercapacitor application
Xicheng Gao, Jianqiang Bi(), Linjie Meng, Lulin Xie, Chen Liu
Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
NiFe2O4 is a kind of bimetallic oxide possessing excellent theoretical capacity and application prospect in the field of supercapacitors. Whereas, due to the inherent poor conductivity of metal oxides, the performance of NiFe2O4 is not ideal in practice. Oxygen vacancies can not only enhance the conductivities of NiFe2O4 but also provide better adsorption of OH, which is beneficial to the electrochemical performances. Hence, oxygen vacancies engineered NiFe2O4 (NiFe2O4‒δ) is obtained through a two-step method, including a hydrothermal reaction and a further heat treatment in activated carbon bed. Results of electron paramagnetic resonance spectra indicate that more oxygen vacancies exist in the treated NiFe2O4‒δ than the original one. UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra prove that the treated NiFe2O4‒δ owns better conductivity than the original NiFe2O4. As for the electrochemical performances, the treated NiFe2O4‒δ performs a high specific capacitance of 808.02 F∙g‒1 at 1 A∙g‒1. Moreover, the asymmetric supercapacitor of NiFe2O4‒δ//active carbon displays a high energy density of 17.7 Wh∙kg‒1 at the power density of 375 W∙kg‒1. This work gives an effective way to improve the conductivity of metal oxides, which is beneficial to the application of metal oxides in supercapacitors.
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