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One-step electrodeposition fabrication of iron cobalt sulfide nanosheet arrays on Ni foam for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

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Herein, a non-polluting and simple electrodeposition strategy is presented by us for fabricating ternary iron cobalt transition metal sulfide (FeCoS) on Ni foam with nanosheet arrays, which are used as cathode materials for asymmetric supercapacitors. The FeCoS-15 nanosheet arrays reveal an admirable specific capacitance of 3741.03 F g−1 when the current density is 1 A g−1 and also exhibit a fantastic cycling performance with 92.84% capacitance retention at 20 A g−1 up to 10,000 cycles. Furthermore, the asymmetric supercapacitors using the FeCoS-15 nanosheet arrays as the positive electrode and the activated carbon (AC) as the negative electrodes demonstrate remarkable electrochemical performance. Our device exhibits an energy density of 54.08 Wh kg−1 with the power density of 800 W kg−1, achieving an impressive cycling retention of 85.64% over 10,000 cycles. The excellent results show that FeCoS nanosheet array materials have a roomy application prospect for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors.

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This work was supported from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality Project (Project Number 18090503800), Shanghai Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Project Number 17ZR1441700 and 14ZR1440500), and Shanghai Association for Science and Technology Achievements Transformation Alliance Program (Project Number LM201851).

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    Xiaomin Hu, Shunchang Liu, Yukai Chen, Jibo Jiang, Yaoxin Sun, Sheng Han & Hualin Lin

  2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Long Teng Road 333, Shanghai, 201620, China

    Lulu Wang

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Hu, X., Liu, S., Chen, Y. et al. One-step electrodeposition fabrication of iron cobalt sulfide nanosheet arrays on Ni foam for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. Ionics 26, 2095–2106 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03508-6

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