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Nanosized-MnCo2O4-embedded 1D carbon nanofibres for supercapacitor with promising electrochemical properties

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In this work, nanosized-MnCo2O4-embedded one-dimensional (1-d) carbon (MnCo2O4/C) nanofibres were prepared using a simple electrospinning/calcination method and their electrochemical performance was investigated. Transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and selected area electron diffraction were used to show that copious quantities of MnCo2O4 nanoparticles (10–20 nm in diameter) are homogeneously dispersed and embedded in the 1-d carbon matrix thus produced. The MnCo2O4/C composite nanofibres exhibit high-specific capacitance 125.0 F/g (1.0 A/g) and good cycle stability (119% capacitance retention after 1000 cycles). The superior electrochemical performance of the composite is due to its unique embedded structure which provides a favourable electron carrier and buffering matrix for the effective release of mechanical stress caused by changes in volume. It also prevents the aggregation of MnCo2O4 nanoparticles during charge–discharge cycling.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 11774042 and 11704056), the Joint Research Fund Liaoning–Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science (Grant no. 20180510045), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant no. 3132019338), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant no. 2016M591420), and the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics (Grant nos. IOSKL2019KF06 and IOSKL2018KF02).

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    Hongquan Yu, Baojiu Chen, Jiashi Sun, Lihong Cheng, Xiangping Li, Jinsu Zhang & Sai Xu

  2. College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, Liaoning, China

    Hengyan Zhao & Yanbo Wu

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Yu, H., Zhao, H., Wu, Y. et al. Nanosized-MnCo2O4-embedded 1D carbon nanofibres for supercapacitor with promising electrochemical properties. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 13588–13596 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03915-5

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