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Preparation of ZnCo2O4 porous nano-flower-like materials by one-step cryogenic hydrothermal method and study on their capacitive and photocatalytic properties

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In this paper, the porous nano-flower structures were successfully constructed on carbon cloth (CC) substrate by a simple one-step cryogenic hydrothermal method. The morphology and phase analysis showed that the synthesized product was ZnCo2O4/CC with porous flower-like structure. The photocatalytic degradation experiment results show that the degradation rates of rhodamine B (RhB), methylene blue (MB), and Congo red (CR) were 98.2%, 96.8, and 98.5%, respectively. After 20 times of recycling, the cyclic stability still reached to 97.5%, 96.5%, and 97.1%, respectively. In the experiment, we also studied the electrochemical properties of porous ZnCo2O4/CC nano-flowers. When the current density was 2 A g−1, the specific capacity of the electrode was up to 1868 F g−1. And when the current density was 3 A g−1, the capacitance retention rate was up to 99.8% after 10,000 cycles. In the experiment, the prepared porous ZnCo2O4/CC nano-flower and activated carbon (AC) were assembled as asymmetric supercapacitor devices. The maximum window voltage of the asymmetric supercapacitor is 1.6 V, and the specific capacitance is preserved 98.1% after 10,000 cycles at the current density of 2 A g−1. The main reason is the synergistic effect between binary metal oxides and the three-dimensional porous structure.

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This research work was supported by the Young scientific research item of Harbin university of commerce (18XN034), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52002099), and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering (Grant No. 2022-K74).

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JW and GW explored the whole research ideas and wrote the paper. JW and YW carried out the synthesis and experiments. GW and JH provided the guidance for the research process. SW proposed the idea and revised the manuscript. All the authors participated in this research project.

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Wang, J., Wang, G., Wang, Y. et al. Preparation of ZnCo2O4 porous nano-flower-like materials by one-step cryogenic hydrothermal method and study on their capacitive and photocatalytic properties. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 531 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-09896-5

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