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Preparation and supercapacitive performance of manganese‐cobalt sulfide/silver nanowires/graphene ternary nanocomposites

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Bimetallic sulfides are potential and attractive electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors. In this study, the manganese-cobalt sulfide/silver nanowires/graphene (MnCo2S4/Ag NWs/G) ternary nanocomposites with a hierarchical honeycomb-like nanoarchitecture have been successfully synthesized through a facile two-step hydrothermal route. Due to the unique compositional and structural advantages, the obtained MnCo2S4/Ag NWs/G composite electrode delivers a superior electrochemical capacitive performance than pure MnCo2S4 electrode and other reported MnCo2S4-based electrode materials, exhibiting a large specific capacity of 2193.6 F/g at the current density of 1 A/g, a high rate capability of 59.6% capacitance retention at 20 A/g, and a long-term cycling stability of 94.7% at 10 A/g after 3000 charge–discharge cycles. The outstanding supercapacitive performance suggests that MnCo2S4/Ag NWs/G ternary nanocomposites are promising electrode materials for high performance energy storage devices.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the General Program of Chongqing Natural Science Foundation (cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0875, cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0411, cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0874), the Major Research Training Program of Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences (P2018CL08), and the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (KJQN201901319, KJQN202001323).

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Liu, Y., Niu, S. & Hu, R. Preparation and supercapacitive performance of manganese‐cobalt sulfide/silver nanowires/graphene ternary nanocomposites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 14337–14346 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05996-2

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