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Exploring the electrochemical potential of redox-active mixed metal sulfide as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitor-battery hybrid

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Hybrid supercapacitors have gained upsurge interest in the energy storage application, but still have room to improve their specific power and energy limits with the implication of electrode materials that have superior electrochemical performance. Herein, we study the synergistic effect of the synthesized cobalt sulfide (CoS) along with manganese sulfide (MnS). The electrochemical outcomes were analyzed in three-electrode cell configuration. The cobalt manganese sulfide (CoS/MnS) composite demonstrates considerable better performance having specific capacity of 590.3 C g−1 (3 mV s−1) and 501.3 C g−1 (1.0 A g−1). The CoS/MnS electrode was further employed as a positive electrode material in a hybrid supercapacitor (supercapattery) along with activated carbon (negative electrode). The device delivers an energy density of 46 Wh kg−1 and holds a power density of 1705 W kg−1. Further, the hybrid device also retains a remarkable specific capacity of 94.57% after 1,000 continuous charging–discharging cycles at 3 A g−1. The semi-empirical approach was employed to further investigate the hybrid nature of the device, which separates the diffusive and capacitive contributions in experimental cyclic voltammetry. These results demonstrate CoS/MnS composite may have a promising implication as an electrode material for high-performance energy storage applications.

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The authors are grateful to the researchers supporting project number (RSPD2023R669), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, 23640, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Muhammad Zahir Iqbal

  2. ZENTECH Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, 23640, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Muhammad Zahir Iqbal & Anique Ahmed

  3. Department of Physics, Government Postgraduate Collage No.1, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Junaid Khan

  4. Department of Physics, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Shahid Alam

  5. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmad A. lfseisi

  6. Department of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea

    Sikandar Aftab

  7. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, Republic of Korea

    Mohd Zahid Ansari

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MZI was involved in supervision, conceptualization, formal analysis, writing — review and editing. AA contributed to writing draft. JK was involved in material characterizations. SA contributed to material characterizations. AAl contributed to funding acquisition and formal analysis. SA and MZA were involved in visualization and formal analysis.

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Iqbal, M.Z., Ahmed, A., Khan, J. et al. Exploring the electrochemical potential of redox-active mixed metal sulfide as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitor-battery hybrid. J Mater Sci 58, 14109–14120 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08890-w

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