Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
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Volume 15,
Issue 4
doi:
10.1007/s11705-020-2006-x
RESEARCH ARTICLE
High-performance supercapacitors based on Ni
. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China.. Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Received: 2020-10-30
Accepted: 2020-12-15
Available online: 2020-12-15
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Abstract
We present a one-step route for the preparation of nickel phosphide/carbon nanotube (Ni P@CNT) nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications using a facile, ultrafast (90 s) microwave-based approach. Ni P nanoparticles could grow uniformly on the surface of CNTs under the optimized reaction conditions, namely, a feeding ratio of 30:50:25 for CNT, Ni(NO ) ·6H O, and red phosphorus and a microwave power of 1000 W for 90 s. Our study demonstrated that the single-step microwave synthesis process for creating metal phosphide nanoparticles was faster and simpler than all the other existing methods. Electrochemical results showed that the specific capacitance of the optimal Ni P@CNT-nanocomposite electrode displayed a high specific capacitance of 854 F·g at 1 A·g and a superior capacitance retention of 84% after 5000 cycles at 10 A·g . Finally, an asymmetric supercapacitor was assembled using the nanocomposite with activated carbon as one electrode (Ni P@CNT//AC), which showed a remarkable energy density of 33.5 W·h·kg and a power density of 387.5 W·kg . This work will pave the way for the microwave synthesis of other transition metal phosphide materials for use in energy storage systems.
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