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Hollow FeOOH nanorods decorated with MnO2 nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

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Nano core–shell structured materials have different or better properties than single components, which can realize the design and optimization of nanoscale particle structure and properties. Additionally, hollow core–shell materials have the advantages of large specific surface area, abundant active sites, low density, short mass transfer path, and wide cavity structure, which are widely used in the fields of electrochemistry, biomedicine, and environmental protection. Herein, hollow core–shell FeOOH@MnO2 nanorod composites were prepared by easiest hydrothermal method. Due to the synergy and versatility between the hollow FeOOH nanorods core and the MnO2 nanosheets shell, the FeOOH@MnO2 composite exhibits outstanding electrochemical characteristic as an electrode material with specific capacitance of 924 F g−1 at 1 A g−1, admirable rate capability (capacitance retention of 75.9% from 1 to 10 A g−1), and remarkable cycling stability (91.2% of initial capacity retained after 5000 charge/discharge cycles). Notably, the assembled FeOOH@MnO2//activated carbon (AC) asymmetric supercapacitor facility possessed an energy density of 53.4 Wh kg−1 and a power density of 722 W kg−1, indicating that the hollow core–shell FeOOH@MnO2 nanorod nanocomposite is a viable electrode material that can be used in supercapacitors.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2020402009), Hebei Province Introducing Overseas Talent Funding Project (Grant No. C20210310), Handan Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (Grant No. 19422111008-26), Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department (Grant No. QN2022121), and Hebei Province Graduate Innovation Funding Project (Grant No. CXZZSS2022027).

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2020402009), Hebei Province Introducing Overseas Talent Funding Project (Grant No. C20210310), Handan Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (Grant No. 19422111008-26), Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department (Grant No. QN2022121), and Hebei Province Graduate Innovation Funding Project (Grant No. CXZZSS2022027).

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, 056038, People’s Republic of China

    Lin Tong, Chunxia Wu, Xiaoliang Zhang, Jingbo Mu, Zehu Wang, Hongwei Che & Zhixiao Zhang

  2. Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710054, Shanxi, China

    Chunxia Wu

  3. Technology Innovation Center of Modified Plastics of Hebei Province, Handan, 056038, People’s Republic of China

    Junxian Hou, Jiayuan Yan & Yanming Wang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation was performed by LT, CW, JY, JM, XZ. Data collection and analysis were performed by JH, ZW, YW, HC, and ZZ. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Lin Tong and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Tong, L., Wu, C., Hou, J. et al. Hollow FeOOH nanorods decorated with MnO2 nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 23607–23622 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09120-w

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