Although transition metal hydroxides are promising candidates as advanced supercapattery materials, they suffer from poor electrical conductivity. In this regard, previous studies have typically analyzed separately the impacts of defect engineering at the atomic level and the conversion of hydroxides to phosphides on conductivity and the overall electrochemical performance. Meanwhile, this paper uniquely studies the aforementioned methodologies simultaneously inside an all-in-one simple plasma treatment for nickel cobalt carbonate hydroxide, examines the effect of altering the nickel-to-cobalt ratio in the binder-free defect-engineered bimetallic Ni-Co system, and estimates the respective quantum capacitance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntercalation of alkali metals has proved to be an effective approach for the enhancement of the energy storage performance in layered-2D materials. However, the research so far has been limited to Li and Na ion intercalation with K ions being recently investigated. Although cesium (Cs) salts are highly soluble in water, Cs intercalation has been addressed neither in batteries nor in supercapacitors so far.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCO adsorption on Cu(100), (110), and (111) surfaces has been extensively studied using Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations. A holistic analysis of adsorption energies, charge transfer, and structural changes has been employed to highlight the variations in adsorption mechanisms upon changing the surface type and the adsorption site. Each surface, with its unique arrangement of atoms, resulted in a varying adsorbate behavior, although the same adsorption site is considered.
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