Template-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of NiO@Co3O4 Hollow Spheres with Hierarchical Porous Surfaces for Supercapacitor Applications

doi:10.13208/j.electrochem.160544

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Abstract:

Hollow structures have shown great potentials in a variety of important applications, such as energy conversion and storage. In order to further enhance the performance, the rational design of hollow structures with higher complexity in terms of composition and structure is highly desirable and still remains a great challenge. In this work, an efficient strategy was established for the fabrication of novel NiO@Co₃O₄ hollow spheres (HSs) with hierarchical porous surfaces by silica spheres template-assisted hydrothermal synthesis. The as-fabricated NiO@Co₃O₄ HSs showed high specific surface area of 219.68 m²·g^-1, and significant enhancement in ion diffusion and utilization rate, as well as effective prevention in nanoparticle agglomeration. When used as electrodes, the NiO@Co₃O₄ HSs exhibited a large specific capacitance of 1140.9 F·g^-1 at the scan rate of 5 mV·s-1 and excellent cycling stability, suggesting a promising application for supercapacitors.

CLC Number:

O646

ZHOU Wen, LU Xue-feng, WU Ming-mei, LI Gao-ren. Template-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of NiO@Co₃O₄Hollow Spheres with Hierarchical Porous Surfaces for Supercapacitor Applications[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2016, 22(5): 513-520.

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