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Hydrothermally synthesised highly stable binary ZnNbS composite with carbon nanotubes to enhance the redox active sites in energy storage devices

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Energy storage devices have attained a lot of interest because of the large demand for energy in the present era. Carbon nanotubes have attained huge interest in energy applications because of their extraordinary conductivity, sensitivity, and storage capability. In this work, the zinc niobium sulfide (ZnNbS) is synthesized using the hydrothermal method. A remarkable value of the specific capacity (Cs) of 1054.21 Cg−1 is obtained, which is comparatively better than the reference sample. Besides, the CNTs-doped ZnNbS and activated carbon (ZnNbS/CNT//AC) are utilised to design the hybrid supercapacitor. The hybrid device showed a high value of Cs of 196.1 Cg−1 at 2 Ag−1. Further, the hybrid supercapacitor exhibited an improved value of energy density (39.4 WhKg−1) and power density (2400 WKg−1), which is much improved compared to the previously reported values. To check the stability of the device, it is measured up to 5000 charging/discharging cycles. The device showed 95% of capacity retention. Our findings provide a new platform for designing high-performance supercapattery-type energy storage devices. The doping of CNT in sulfide-based materials opens new possibilities to design high performance energy storage devices.

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The work was supported by Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP2023R492), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Physics, Riphah International University, Campus Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Azhar Mumtaz, Amir Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Muhammad Hamza Waris, Zahid Hussain & Aleesha Naz

  2. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    M. U. U. Ishafaq

  3. Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Muhammad Usman

  4. Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur

  5. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, 11421, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Essam A. Al-Ammar

  6. Department of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea

    Sohail Mumtaz

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AMA and MA worked on the experiment and interpretation of results. AMA, MA performed the calculation and wrote the manuscript. AMA, MA, MWI, MH, MZ, MUUI, and MU, AN, SMW, EAAl-A, SM helped during the calculation process and reviewed the manuscript.

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Mumtaz, M.A., Afzal, A.M., Iqbal, M.W. et al. Hydrothermally synthesised highly stable binary ZnNbS composite with carbon nanotubes to enhance the redox active sites in energy storage devices. Appl. Phys. A 130, 29 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-07169-w

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