Facile dip coating processed 3D MnO₂-graphene nanosheets/MWNT-Ni foam composites for electrochemical supercapacitors

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• 作者：Shuying Kong ; Kui Cheng ; ^{chengkui@hrbeu.edu.cn} ; Tian Ouyang ; Yinyi Gao ; Ke Ye ; Guiling Wang ; Dianxue Cao ; ^{caodianxue@hrbeu.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Manganese dioxide ; Graphene nanosheets ; Multi-walled carbon nanotube ; Dip & Dry ; Supercapacitor
• 刊名：Electrochimica Acta
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：226
• 期：Complete
• 页码：29-39
• 全文大小：7128 K
• 卷排序：226

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Carbon materials, especially graphene nanosheets (GNS) and/or multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT), have been widely used as electrode materials for supercapacitor due to their advantages of higher specific surface area and electronic conductivity, but the relatively low specific capacitance thus results in low energy density hindering their large applications. On the contrary, MnO2 exhibits higher energy density but poor electrical conductivity. In order to obtain high performance supercapacitor electrode, here, combining the advantages of these materials, we have designed a facile two-step strategy to prepare 3D MnO2-GNS-MWNT-Ni foam (MnO2-GM-Ni) electrode. First, GNS and MWNT is wrapped on the surface of Ni foam (GM-Ni) via a “dip & dry” method by using an organic dye as a co-dispersant. Then, by using this 3D GM-Ni as substrate, MnO2 nanoflakes are in-situ supporting on the surface of GNS and MWNT through a hydrothermal reaction. The specific capacitances of MnO2-GM-Ni electrode reach as high as 470.5 F g−1 at 1 A g−1. Furthermore, we have successfully fabricated an asymmetric supercapacitor with MnO2-GM-Ni and GM-Ni as the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The MnO2-GM-Ni//GM-Ni asymmetric supercapacitor exhibits a maximum energy density of 35.3 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 426 W kg−1 and also a favorable cycling performance that 83.8% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles. These results show manageable and high-performance which offer promising future for practical applications.