TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrothermal synthesis of binary Ni-Co hydroxides and carbonate hydroxides as pseudosupercapacitors
AU - Bastakoti, Bishnu P
AU - Kamachi, Yuichiro
AU - Huang, Hou-Sheng
AU - Chen, Lin-Chi
AU - Wu, Kevin C.-W.
AU - Yamauchi, Yusuke
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - A series of binary Ni-Co hydroxides and Ni-Co carbonate hydroxides with various shapes and compositions was successfully synthesized by a one-step and reliable method assisted by an amphiphilic block copolymer. After thermal treatment at 200 °C, the as-prepared samples could be activated and their surface areas could be increased. With increasing Co content, the shapes of the final products changed from flower-to fiber-and plate-like structures. The synthesized binary Ni-Co sample with an optimized composition of Ni 2+/Co2+ = 25:75 exhibited high surface area and a capacitance of 632 F g-1 at 5 mV s-1 with negligible capacitance loss after 1000 cycles. The capacitance value of the binary Ni-Co sample is higher than that of Ni hydroxide itself, and this improved electrochemical performance is attributed to the binary Co2+/Co 3+ and Ni2+/Ni3+ couples that afford rich faradic capacitance and enhanced conductivity. © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
AB - A series of binary Ni-Co hydroxides and Ni-Co carbonate hydroxides with various shapes and compositions was successfully synthesized by a one-step and reliable method assisted by an amphiphilic block copolymer. After thermal treatment at 200 °C, the as-prepared samples could be activated and their surface areas could be increased. With increasing Co content, the shapes of the final products changed from flower-to fiber-and plate-like structures. The synthesized binary Ni-Co sample with an optimized composition of Ni 2+/Co2+ = 25:75 exhibited high surface area and a capacitance of 632 F g-1 at 5 mV s-1 with negligible capacitance loss after 1000 cycles. The capacitance value of the binary Ni-Co sample is higher than that of Ni hydroxide itself, and this improved electrochemical performance is attributed to the binary Co2+/Co 3+ and Ni2+/Ni3+ couples that afford rich faradic capacitance and enhanced conductivity. © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
KW - Cobalt
KW - Conducting materials
KW - Hydrothermal synthesis
KW - Nickel
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U2 - 10.1002/ejic.201200939
DO - 10.1002/ejic.201200939
M3 - Article
SN - 1434-1948
SP - 39
EP - 43
JO - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
JF - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
IS - 1
ER -