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Hierarchical mesoporous Zn–Ni–Co–S microspheres grown on reduced graphene oxide/nickel foam for asymmetric supercapacitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2019

Uwamahoro Evariste ,
Guohua Jiang ,
Bo Yu ,
Yongkun Liu ,
Zheng Huang ,
Qiuling Lu  and
Pianpian Ma
Uwamahoro Evariste
Affiliation:
National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; and Institute of Smart Fiber Materials, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Guohua Jiang*
Affiliation:
National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Institute of Smart Fiber Materials, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; and Department of Polymer Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Bo Yu
Affiliation:
National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; and Institute of Smart Fiber Materials, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Yongkun Liu
Affiliation:
National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; and Institute of Smart Fiber Materials, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Zheng Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Polymer Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Qiuling Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Polymer Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
Pianpian Ma*
Affiliation:
National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; Institute of Smart Fiber Materials, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; and Department of Polymer Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: ghjiang_cn@zstu.edu.cn
b)e-mail: pianpianma@126.com
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Abstract

In this work, hierarchical mesoporous Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF microspheres have been prepared by hydrothermal, sulfurization, and subsequent calcination process. The effect of different sulfurization time on the morphology and capacitance of composites was tested. The high electrochemical performance of (Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF) composite was obtained when the sulfurization time was 3 h (Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF-3h), where a specific capacitance of 627.7 F/g at 0.25 A/g and excellent rate capability of about 97.8% capacitance retention at 2 A/g after 4000 cycles were achieved. Moreover, an asymmetric supercapacitor fabricated by (Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF-3h) composite and activated carbon (AC) as the positive and the negative electrodes, respectively, showed a high energy density of 75.96 W h/kg at a power density of 362.49 W/kg with a remarkable cycle stability performance of 91.2% capacitance retention over 5000 cycles. This incredible electrochemical behavior illustrates that the hierarchical mesoporous Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/N-3h microsphere electrodes are promising electrode materials for application in high-performance supercapacitors.

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electrochemical propertieselectronic materialenergy storagesupercapacitors
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 14 , 28 July 2019 , pp. 2445 - 2455
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