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Facile synthesis of porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals as electrode materials for supercapacitor application

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In this work, we first report the facile synthesis of porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals in high yield by hydrothermal method for supercapacitor application. The as-prepared porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals have an equatorial diameter of 100–130 nm and length of 150–200 nm, which are self-assembled by numerous nanoparticles. The formation mechanism of the porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals was proposed according to a series of time-dependent experiments. The specific surface area and pore size of the porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals were measured to be 28.6 m2 g−1 and 1.7 nm, respectively. Electrochemical measurements indicate that the porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals electrode exhibits noticeable pseudocapacitive properties with a high specific capacitance up to 234 F g−1 at 2 A g−1 as well as good cycling stability and high capacitance retention of 84.6% after 2000 charge–discharge cycles. The excellent pseudocapacitive performance could be due to the unique nanostructure of the porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals, which can provide fast ion/electron transfer.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (XDJK2019C086), the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (KJQN202001341, KJQN202001304, and KJZD-K202001305), the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0670, cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0411, and cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0103), the Natural Science Foundation of Yongchuan (Ycstc2019nb0602), and Chongqing University Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Materials Engineering and Technology (KFJJ2015).

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Wu, H., Li, Y., Song, B. et al. Facile synthesis of porous waist drum-like α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals as electrode materials for supercapacitor application. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 18777–18789 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06396-2

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