Constructing hierarchical structure is an effective strategy to boost the electrochemical performance of layered double hydroxide (LDH) materials, but the rational design of such delicate architectures is still challenging. Herein, a unique hierarchical core/shell homostructure with NiCo-LDH nanorods (NCNRs) as core and NiCo-LDH nanosheets (NCNSs) as shell is constructed via in-situ ZIF shell growth and subsequent ion exchange-coprecipitation process. Such novel hierarchical structure provides a large accessible surface area and more exposed electrochemical active sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNiCo-layered double hydroxide (LDH) has attracted increasing attention in recent years for application in supercapacitors (SCs) owing to its high redox activity and intercalating capability. However, the pristine NiCo-LDH is unable to reach theoretical specific capacitance and satisfying rate capability due to the limited electroactive species and a low ion diffusion rate. Here, we demonstrate novel vertically aligned nanosheet arrays of cobalt metal-organic framework (Co-MOF)@CoNiO core-shell composites constructed by the in situ grown Co-MOF shell with a uniform and controlled thickness on the CoNiO core via a vapor-phase approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRational design of electrical active materials with high performance for energy storage and conversion is of great significance. Herein, Cu(NiCo)S/NiS, a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical hollow heterostructured electrode material, is designed by etching the well-defined bimetal organic framework (MOF) via sequential in-situ ion-exchange processes. This trimetallic sulfides with unique structure provide large surface area, hierarchical pore distribution and enhanced electrical conductivity, can enrich the active sites for redox reactions, facilitate electrolyte penetration and rapid charge transfer kinetics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development for environmentally friendly energy conversion and storage equipment has given rise to tremendous research efforts as a result of the growing requirements for environmental friendly resources and the rapid consumption of traditional fossil fuel. Herein, a novel hierarchical CoO/NiO-Cu@CuO heterostructure is successfully devised and synthesized. Cobalt/nickel ions are used to generate novel CoO/NiO-doped laminated CuO nanospheres through the facile in situ wet oxidation combined with cation exchange and calcination strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA fiber asymmetric supercapacitor system is designed with NiCo-LDH nanoflakes and FeOOH nanosheets anchored on electrochemically activated graphite fibers as positive electrode and negative electrode, respectively. Due to the formation of COMetal bonding, the oxygen-functionalized carbon on electrochemically activated graphite fibers can bind strongly with NiCo-LDH and FeOOH, which assists in establishing the fast electron transfer routes and fluent ion transport avenues. Both NiCo-LDH and FeOOH anchored on electrochemically activated graphite fibers display a high rate performance, 80% and 87.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCompressible and flexible supercapacitors have aroused enormous interest of many scientific researchers for potential applications in wearable electronic products. However, the design and construction of the electrode with superior mechanical as well as electrical properties still face a lot of challenges. In present work, melamine foam/polypyrrole (MF/PPy) electrode with high deformation-tolerance and excellent electrochemical performance is prepared by in-situ interfacial polymerization of polypyrrole on commercial melamine foam, where PPy nanoparticles with size of 700 nm are uniformly anchored on the MF skeletons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe introduction of oxygenous functional groups onto graphene can provide additional pseudocapacitance for supercapacitors. However, how to balance the amount of introduced oxygenous functional groups and the reduced electrical conductivity arising from the disruption of the conjugated system remains a big challenge. Here, a controllable strategy is reported to prepare moderately oxidized reduced graphene oxide (MORGO) via an electrochemical oxidation process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe poor electronic conductivity of MnO severely limits the practical application as high-performance electrode materials for faradaic pseudocapacitors. Herein, a facile vapor reduction method is demonstrated for the treatment of MnO with hydrazine hydrate (HH) to improve the electronic conductivity. The HH vapor treatment without annealing process not only introduces oxygen vacancies to form oxygen-deficient MnO , but also leads to obvious structural transformation from highly aggregated and poorly crystallized MnO nanorobs and nanoparticles into uniformly orientated and highly crystallized MnO nanosheets via the Ostwald ripening process.
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