Feather-like NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> self-assemble from porous nanowires as binder-free electrodes for low charge transfer resistance

doi:10.1007/s11706-020-0528-2

Front. Mater. Sci.

2020, Vol. 14

Issue (4) : 450-458 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-020-0528-2

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Feather-like NiCo₂O₄ self-assemble from porous nanowires as binder-free electrodes for low charge transfer resistance

Dandan HAN¹(

), Jinhe WEI¹, Shanshan WANG¹, Yifan PAN¹, Junli XUE¹, Yen WEI²(

)

¹. College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin 132022, China
². Department of Chemistry and the Tsinghua Center for Frontier Polymer Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Abstract

The unique feather-like arrays composing of ultrathin secondary nanowires are fabricated on nickel foam (NF) through a facile hydrothermal strategy. Thus, the enhancement of electrochemical properties especially the low charge transfer resistance strongly depends on more active sites and porosity of the morphology. Benefiting from the unique structure, the optimized NiCo₂O₄ electrode delivers a significantly lower charge transfer resistance of 0.32 Ω and a high specific capacitance of 450 F·g⁻¹ at 0.5 A·g⁻¹, as well as a superior cycling stability of 139.6% capacitance retention. The improvement of the electrochemical energy storage property proves the potential of the fabrication of various binary metal oxide electrodes for applications in the electrochemical energy field.

Keywords feather-like NiCo₂O₄ binder-free electrode charge transfer resistance supercapacitor

Corresponding Author(s): Dandan HAN,Yen WEI

Online First Date: 05 November 2020 Issue Date: 09 December 2020

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Dandan HAN,Jinhe WEI,Shanshan WANG, et al. Feather-like NiCo₂O₄ self-assemble from porous nanowires as binder-free electrodes for low charge transfer resistance[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2020, 14(4): 450-458.

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Fig.1 Scheme 1 Schematic of the preparation process of NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets with the reaction time of 5 h.

Fig.2 XRD pattern of feather-like NF/NiCo₂O₄-5.

Fig.3 SEM images of NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 at different magnifications.

Fig.4 (a)(b)(c)(d) TEM images of feather-like NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets. (e) Elemental mappings of feather-like NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets for O, Co and Ni.

Fig.5 SEM images of samples: (a)(b) NF/NiCo₂O₄-3 nanosheets at different magnifications; (c)(d) NF/NiCo₂O₄-7 nanosheets at different magnifications; (e)(f) NiO nanosheets at different magnifications.

Fig.6 (a) CV curves of NF/NiO and NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrodes at a scan rate of 10 mV·s⁻¹. (b) GCD curves of NF/NiO and NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrodes at a current density of 0.5 A·g⁻¹. (c) CV curves of the NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrode at different scan rates. (d) GCD curves of the NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrode at different current densities. (e) Specific capacitances of different electrodes calculated from GCD curves. (f) Nyquist plots of NF/NiO and NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrodes (the inset is an equivalent circuit diagram).

Fig.7 (a) CV curves of NF/NiCo₂O₄-3, NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 and NF/NiCo₂O₄-7 electrodes at a scan rate of 10 mV·s⁻¹. (b) GCD curves of NF/NiCo₂O₄-3, NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 and NF/NiCo₂O₄-7 electrodes at a current density of 0.5 A·g⁻¹. (c) Specific capacitances of different electrodes calculated from GCD curves. (d) Nyquist plots of NF/NiCo₂O₄-3, NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 and NF/NiCo₂O₄-7 electrodes.

Fig.8 (a) Cycling performance of the NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrode at a constant current density of 2 A·g⁻¹ (the inset shows GCD curves measured after 3000 cycles). (b) Nyquist plots of the NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 electrode before and after cycling.

Fig. S1 The XRD pattern of the sample synthesized without cobalt nitrate.

Fig. S2 The TEM-EDX survey spectrum of the feather-like NF/NiCo₂O₄-5 nanosheets.

Fig. S3(a)(c) CV curves of NF/NiCo₂O₄-3 and NF/NiCo₂O₄-7 electrodes at different scan rates. (b)(d) GCD curves of NF/NiCo₂O₄-3 and NF/NiCo₂O₄-7 electrodes at different current densities.

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