Ionics

, Volume 19, Issue 11, pp 1527–1533 | Cite as

Synthesis and pseudocapacitive investigation of LiCr x Mn2-x O4 cathode material for aqueous hybrid supercapacitor

  • Bing Wang
  • Tairan Kang
  • Nan Xia
  • Fengyu Wen
  • Lianmei Chen
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Abstract

A series of Cr-substituted LiMn2O4 samples (LiCr x Mn2-x O4, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) were synthesized by a urea-assisted combustion method to enhance pseudocapacitive properties of LiMn2O4 material in aqueous electrolyte. Their structure and morphology were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The LiCr x Mn2-x O4 and activated carbon (AC) electrode were used as the cathode and anode in hybrid supercapacitors, respectively, which capacitive properties were determined by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge/discharge test, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in Li2SO4 solution. The results revealed that the partial substitution of Mn3+ by Cr3+ decreased initial capacity, but it prevented capacity fading. In the working voltage of 0–1.4 V, the AC/LiCr0.1Mn1.9O4 capacitor delivered an initial specific capacitance of 41.6 F g−1 (based on the total active mass of two electrodes) at a current density of 100 mA g−1 in 1 M Li2SO4 solution. After 1,000 cycles, its capacity loss was only 1.7 %.

Keywords

Hybrid supercapacitor LiCrxMn2-xO4 Activated carbon Aqueous electrolyte Capacitive properties 
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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (No. 11ZA036).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Bing Wang
    • 1
  • Tairan Kang
    • 1
  • Nan Xia
    • 1
  • Fengyu Wen
    • 1
  • Lianmei Chen
    • 1
  1. 1.Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringChina West Normal UniversityNanchongChina

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