Paramasivam K, Manickam S, Sivalingam Nallathambi K, Kuzhandaivel H. Polymer-assisted synthesis of Co
3O
4/CoO microballs decorated N-doped carbon for symmetric supercapacitor.
Dalton Trans 2023;
52:14621-14631. [PMID:
37786376 DOI:
10.1039/d3dt02182c]
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Abstract
Cobalt oxide (Co) and cobalt oxide/N-doped carbon composites (Co-NC) were synthesized and applied as electrode materials for supercapacitors. The pristine cobalt oxide was prepared hydrothermally at 160 °C (CoH160) and further calcined at three different temperatures of 300, 400, and 500 °C (CoC300, CoC400, and CoC500). The cobalt oxide prepared at 300 °C was composited with N-doped carbon prepared from g-C3N4 at four different weight ratios 1 : 0.03, 1 : 0.06, 1 : 0.15, and 1 : 0.30 (Co-NC1, Co-NC2, Co-NC3, and Co-NC4). X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) confirms the phase and product formation. Among all the composites, Co-NC2 showed the microball structure decorated on N-doped carbon with an average size of 4.2 μm. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of Co-NC2 confirms the presence of Co2+, Co3+, C, N, and O. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis (BET) of Co-NC2 showed a surface area of 73.06 m2 g-1 with a pore diameter of 3.39 nm. The energy storage performance of Co-NC2 exhibits a high specific capacitance of 774.38 F g-1 at a current density of 1 A g-1 in 1 M KOH electrolyte. The fabricated symmetric device showed a specific capacitance of 84.60 F g-1 at a current density of 1 A g-1. The fabricated device showed good cyclic stability with a coulombic efficiency of 92.55% and capacitance retention of 97.75% up to 4000 cycles.
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