Microwave-assisted synthesis of CuO/MnO2 nanocomposites for supercapacitor application
- Author(s): Pengjiao Zhang 1 and Wei Li 1
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Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , Taiyuan University of Technology , Taiyuan 030024 , People's Republic of China
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Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , Taiyuan University of Technology , Taiyuan 030024 , People's Republic of China
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Volume 15, Issue 13,
18
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2020,
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938 – 942
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2020.0400 , Online ISSN 1750-0443
Copper oxide/manganese dioxide (CuO/MnO2) nanocomposites were prepared by a facile microwave-assisted synthesis method in an ordinary household microwave oven and used for electrochemical supercapacitor. The nanocomposites were characterised by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Electrochemical results demonstrate that CuO/MnO2 nanocomposites have better capacitance performance than pure CuO material. The CuO/MnO2 nanocomposites have a high specific capacitance of 499.0 F/g at a current density of 0.5 A/g in 6 M KOH electrolyte. In addition, an asymmetric supercapacitor with activated carbon as a negative electrode and CuO/MnO2 nanocomposite as a positive electrode was also successfully prepared. This asymmetric device exhibits a high energy density of 32.07 Wh/kg at a power density of 375.02 W/kg and fairly good cycling stability.
Inspec keywords: X-ray photoelectron spectra; X-ray diffraction; current density; electrolytes; capacitance; microwave materials processing; manganese compounds; scanning electron microscopy; nanofabrication; nanocomposites; transmission electron microscopy; microwave ovens; electrochemical electrodes; copper compounds; supercapacitors; semiconductor materials; semiconductor growth; activated carbon
Other keywords: copper oxide-manganese dioxide; cycling stability; scanning electron microscopy; KOH electrolyte; supercapacitor; energy density; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; CuO-MnO2 nanocomposites; microwave oven; microwave-assisted synthesis; transmission electron microscopy; specific capacitance; current density; electrochemical supercapacitor; negative electrode; CuO-MnO2; power density; X-ray diffraction; activated carbon
Subjects: Capacitors; Structure of solid clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanostructured materials; Other methods of nanofabrication; Electrochemistry and electrophoresis; Photoelectron spectra of composite surfaces; Low-dimensional structures: growth, structure and nonelectronic properties; Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (photoelectron, Auger spectroscopy, etc.); Composite materials (engineering materials science); Nanometre-scale semiconductor fabrication technology; Storage in electrical energy
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