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Incorporation of carbon nanotubes in sulfide-based binary composite to enhance the storage performance of supercapattery devices

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Supercapattery is a hybrid renewable device that stores a significant amount of energy and delivers sufficient power together. In this paper, we used the hydrothermal technique for the synthesis of nickel-manganese sulfide (NiMnS) and carbon nanotube (CNT)-incorporated nickel-manganese sulfide (NiMnS/CNT). The surface and structural analyses were done using SEM and XRD. In a three-cell arrangement, NiMNS delivered the specific capacity of 685 Cg−1 at the current density of 1.9 Ag−1. The incorporation of CNT into NiMnS significantly improves the storage capacity. The NiMnS75/CNT25 composite delivered the specific capacity of 1188 Cg−1 at the current density of 2.8 Ag−1. The supercapattery device was designed using NiMnS75/CNT25 as the anode while activated carbon as the cathode. The supercapattery (NiMnS75/CNT25//AC) demonstrates an outstanding specific capacity of 105.9 Cg−1 at the current density of 0.6 Ag−1. The device (NiMnS75/CNT25//AC) provided a high power density of 1600.8 WKg−1 at an energy density of 9 WhKg−1. These results suggest NiMnS75/CNT25 as a more suitable electrode material for supercapattery applications.

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The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan financed this research under the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU), project number HEC/R&D/NRPU/2017/7876. The authors would like to thank Riphah International University for sponsoring this research under the project number Riphah-ORIC-21-22/FEAS-04.

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

    Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Musab Hammas Khan, Amir Muhammad Afzal & Haseebul Hassan

  2. Department of Physics, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Huda A. Alzahrani

  3. Department of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-Ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, 05006, South Korea

    Sikandar Aftab

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MW, MHK, and AMA worked on experiment, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the results. MWI, MHK, and AMA performed the calculation and wrote the manuscript. MWI, MHK, AMA, HH, HAA, and SA helped with the calculation process and reviewed the manuscript.

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Iqbal, M.W., Khan, M.H., Afzal, A.M. et al. Incorporation of carbon nanotubes in sulfide-based binary composite to enhance the storage performance of supercapattery devices. J Appl Electrochem 53, 949–962 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-022-01820-9

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