Ni/Mn electroactive nanohybrids physic-chemical properties for ulterior new generation of supercapacitors

M. Azzeddine, O. Guellati, A. Harat, A. Nait-Merzoug, J. Delhalle, Z. Mekhalif, M. Guerioune

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Abstract

In this paper, highly mesoporous hierarchical mono- and bi- Ni and/or Mn based hydroxide and/or carbonate nanohybrids were synthesized using a facile free template hydrothermal method and investigated as high-performance electroactive nanomaterials for ulterior new generation of supercapacitors. Controlling the Ni/Mn precursors molar ratio and the growth conditions can offer preponderances for performances enhancing via a comparative products physic-chemical properties which were carried out using different techniques like: XRD, FTIR, Raman, XPS, HRTEM/FESEM, EDS, UV–visible and BET. The structural results confirmed the formation of MnCO3, α-3Ni(OH)2·2H2O and Ni(HCO3)2 phases in the synthesized nanomaterials, with different morphologies (nanofibers, nanocubes, porous micro/nanoflowers) depending on the hydrothermal synthesis conditions. Meanwhile, the influence of Ni and Mn transition metal species co-existence on the resulting composition and their optical properties were also discussed. Moreover, their electrochemical measurements were also performed in a 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte using three electrode system. The results show that 2Ni(HCO3)2/MnCO3 nanohybrid exhibited the highest specific capacitance (capacity) of 2777 F g−1 at 5 mV s−1 (320 mAh.g−1 at 1 A g−1) with high rate capability. This excellent electrochemical kinetics performance is ascribed to the optimized composition of Ni/Mn and its unique nanostructured configuration with intercalated ions, indicating a great potential of this new kind of nanohybrids to deliver both high energy density and high power density in future energy storage devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number129305
JournalMaterials Chemistry and Physics
Volume318
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2024

Keywords

  • Electrochemical measurements
  • Free-template hydrothermal synthesis
  • Gap energy
  • Micro-nanosystem
  • Nanohybrid
  • Ni/Mn layered double hydroxide

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