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The influence of facile pre-reaction on the morphology and electrochemical performance of MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 composite for supercapacitor

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MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 nanosheets composite electrode material (PMC) for high-performance supercapacitors were synthesized by solvothermal method with a facile pre-reaction process. The pre-reaction process is beneficial for the homogenous reaction and contributes to the formation of a larger specific surface area (180.9 m2 g−1), mesoporous structure, excellent electrical conductivity and therefore superior electrochemical performance. The as-prepared nanostructured PMC exhibits excellent electrochemical properties compared with the MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 (MC) without the pre-reaction process. The PMC can achieve a specific capacitance of 412.5 F g−1 at 1 A g−1, which was nearly double that of the sample MC (236.0 F g−1) without the pre-reaction process. Meanwhile, PMC remains 80.9% of the initial specific capacitance at 10 A g−1 and shows excellent cycle stability retaining 97.6% after 8000 cycles at 10 A g−1. This facile pre-reaction process can be expected to be used for synthesis of other low-cost and high-performance electrode materials for supercapacitors.

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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (16YFZCGX00250), Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (18JCTPJC63000) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (51508384).

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    Xiaoqing Wang, Xiaoqing Zhang & Guoyan Li

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    Xiaoqing Wang, Xiaoqing Zhang & Guoyan Li

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    Ying Liu

  4. Tianjin Bamo Science and Technology Co. Ltd, Tianjin, 300380, China

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Highlights

• The influence of facile pre-reaction on the morphology and electrochemical performance of MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 composite was reported for the first time.

• MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 composite (PMC) shows a large specific surface area (180.9 m2 g−-1).

• MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 composite (PMC) exhibits superior rate capability remains 80.9% of the initial specific capacitance 340.0 F g−-1 at 10A g−-1.

• MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 composite (PMC) reveals excellent cycling stability retained 97.6% after 8000 cycles at 10A g−-1.

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Wang, X., Zhang, X., Li, G. et al. The influence of facile pre-reaction on the morphology and electrochemical performance of MnO(OH)/Co(OH)2 composite for supercapacitor. Ionics 26, 2071–2079 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03366-x

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