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Hierarchical Ni2P@Ni(OH)2 architectures supported on carbon cloth as battery-type electrodes for hybrid supercapacitors with boosting specific capacitance and cycle stability

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In this work, a novel binder-free electrode, in which three-dimensional porous Ni2P@Ni(OH)2 nanosheet arrays were in situ grown on carbon cloth (CC), is rationally designed for supercapacitor applications. In comparison with Ni2P@CC, the Ni2P@Ni(OH)2@CC electrode represents superior electrochemical characteristics: the gravimetric capacitance and areal capacitance are boosted to be 632 C g−1 and 0.73 C cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2, about 2 and 2.7 times larger than those of Ni2P@CC (321 C g−1 and 0.27 C cm−2), respectively; the rate capability is improved to be 63.3% from 1 to 10 mA cm−2, about 1.5 times larger than Ni2P@CC (42.9%); the cycle stability is enhanced to be 81.4% after 1000 cycles, about 1.6 times larger than Ni2P/CC (51.8%). The assembly Ni2P@Ni(OH)2@CC//AC hybrid supercapacitor device shows high energy density of 23.5 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 1158.0 W kg−1 and good cycling stability of 75.2% maintenance after 5000 cycles. Benefiting from the combined advantages of high electronic conductivity and large specific capacitance of Ni2P, superior anion exchanging/intercalating capacity of Ni(OH)2, excellent flexibility of carbon cloth, and special hierarchical architecture with large surface area, the Ni2P@Ni(OH)2@CC electrode is promised to be a good candidate for supercapacitors.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51572218), Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2017KCT-01, 2019JM-138), Scientific Research Program Funded by Shaanxi Provincial Education Department (18JK0786), Young Talent Fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi (20170605), and Key Project of Research and Development of Shaanxi Province (2018ZDCXL-GY-08-05).

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Lan, Y., Xing, H., Zong, Y. et al. Hierarchical Ni2P@Ni(OH)2 architectures supported on carbon cloth as battery-type electrodes for hybrid supercapacitors with boosting specific capacitance and cycle stability. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 7973–7986 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05521-5

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