Nickel nanopore arrays as promising current collectors for constructing solid-state supercapacitors with ultrahigh rate performance

doi:10.1007/s11705-018-1699-6

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2018, Vol. 12

Issue (3) : 339-345 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-018-1699-6

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Nickel nanopore arrays as promising current collectors for constructing solid-state supercapacitors with ultrahigh rate performance

Huaping Zhao, Long Liu, Yaoguo Fang, Ranjith Vellacheri, Yong Lei(

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Institute of Physics and IMN MacroNano®, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau 98693, Germany

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Abstract

In this work, nickel nanopore arrays with a highly-oriented nanoporous structure inherited from porous alumina membranes were used as nanostructured current collectors for constructing ultrahigh rate solid-state supercapacitors. A thin layer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) as electroactive materials was conformally coated onto nickel nanopores to form heterostructured electrodes. The as-prepared electrodes have a large specific surface area to ensure a high capacity, and the highly-oriented nanoporous structure of nickel nanopores reduces the ion transport resistance, allowing the ions in the solid-state electrolytes to quickly access the PEDOT surface during the fast charge-discharge process. As a result, the assembled solid-state supercapacitor in a symmetric configuration exhibits an ideal capacitive behavior and a superior rate capability even at an ultrahigh scan rate of 50 V·s⁻¹.

Keywords supercapacitor ultrahigh rate metallic nanopore arrays current collectors PEDOT

Corresponding Author(s): Yong Lei

Just Accepted Date: 21 December 2017 Online First Date: 20 March 2018 Issue Date: 18 September 2018

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Huaping Zhao,Long Liu,Yaoguo Fang, et al. Nickel nanopore arrays as promising current collectors for constructing solid-state supercapacitors with ultrahigh rate performance[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2018, 12(3): 339-345.

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Fig.1 (a) Schematic illustration of the fabrication of NiNPA@PEDOT supercapacitor electrodes; (b) top-view and (c) cross-sectional view of SEM images of NiNPAs; (d) top-view and (e) cross-sectional view of SEM images of NiNPA@PEDOT electrodes

Fig.2 (a) XPS survey spectrum of NiNPA@PEDOT. The high-resolution XPS spectra of (b) C 1s, (c) O 1s, and (d) S 2p

Fig.3 (a?e) CV curves of NiNPA@PEDOT electrode based symmetric supercapacitor device measured at scan rates of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 V?s^?¹, respectively; (f) variation of the discharge current at different scan rates obtained for the device

Fig.4 (a) Charge-discharge curves and (b) the corresponding device capacitance of the symmetric device obtained at different current densities; (c) cyclic stability of the symmetric device measured at a current density of 0.2 mA?cm^?² for 45000 cycles; (d) nyquist plots obtained for the device from the impedance measurements; inset shows the high-frequency region of the Nyquist plot

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