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Co3O4@MnO2 core shell arrays on nickel foam with excellent electrochemical performance for aqueous asymmetric supercapacitor

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At present, a lot of attention has been paid to the reasonable design and synthesis of materials with core shell structure for high-performance supercapacitors. Herein, the Co3O4@MnO2 core shell arrays on nickel foam are successfully synthesized via a facile and effective hydrothermal method followed with annealing process. The sample was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Electrochemical performance of the Co3O4@MnO2 material was studied using cyclic voltammetry, charge/discharge cycling, and electrochemical impedance measurements in 6 mol L−1 KOH aqueous electrolyte. The results indicated that the Co3O4@MnO2 material presented excellent electrochemical performance in terms of specific capacitance, cyclic stability, and charge/discharge stability.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51674221).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Mengya Feng, Guowei Zhang, Qinghua Du, Li Su, Zhipeng Ma, Xiujuan Qin & Guangjie Shao

  2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Mengya Feng, Guowei Zhang, Qinghua Du, Li Su, Zhipeng Ma, Xiujuan Qin & Guangjie Shao

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Feng, M., Zhang, G., Du, Q. et al. Co3O4@MnO2 core shell arrays on nickel foam with excellent electrochemical performance for aqueous asymmetric supercapacitor. Ionics 23, 1637–1643 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2013-1

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