MnO encapsulated electrospun TiO nanofibers as electrodes for asymmetric supercapacitors.

Nanotechnology

Conducting Polymer Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India. Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States of America. Department of Physics, Government Arts and Science College, Calicut-673018, India.

Published: March 2020

We report a facile technique to fabricate manganese dioxide (MnO) encapsulated titanium dioxide (TiO) nanofiber heterostructure for its use as an electrode material in aqueous electrolyte based asymmetric supercapacitor (SC). MnO coated TiO nanofibers, prepared by electrospinning and post-hydrothermal process exhibited superior electrochemical properties in aqueous NaSO electrolyte. The MnO shell with average thickness of approximately 10 nm contributed to the high electrochemical performance for charge storage by redox reaction and intercalation mechanisms, while the anatase phase TiO core provided an easy pathway for electronic transport with additional electrochemical stability over thousands of charge-discharge cycles. An asymmetric SC designed from the MnO-TiO nanofiber electrode and single walled carbon nanotubes electrode showed high operating voltage window (2.2 V) with maximum gravimetric capacitance of 111.5 F g.

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