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Effect of alkaline electrolyte concentration on energy storage of core–shell structured MoSe2-PANI as supercapacitor electrode materials

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Molybdenum selenide (MoSe2) has attracted considerable attention for supercapacitor due to its comparatively high conductivity and large capacity compared to other transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Therefore, we report core–shell structured composite materials of MoSe2 hollow microspheres and polyaniline (PANI) rods by silica template hydrothermal method further improve the electrochemical energy storage performance. The structure has been demonstrated by SEM and TEM. The electrochemical properties of the composite material electrode at different KOH electrolyte concentrations was studied and the energy storage mechanism during charge and discharge was explored. In 1 M KOH electrolyte solution, the galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) analysis revealed that the MoSe2-PANI possesses a high specific capacitance of 146.5 F g−1 (obtained at a current density of 0.3 A g−1), an energy density of 22.16 Wh kg−1, and a power density of 198 W kg−1. Therefore, this study provides a new idea for the combination of MoSe2 and conductive polymers, and effectively expands the application of MoSe2-PANI composite in alkaline electrolyte.

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This work was supported by the Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU (SKLSP201749), an Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Petroleum Fine Chemicals in Shaanxi Province (SH1420SKF0003 and SH1516SKF0002), and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students in Shaanxi Province (4191). The authors would thank the Analytical Testing Center and Functional Materials Laboratory, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology.

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DZ: syntheses of samples, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, writing—original draft, and writing—review & editing. GH: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, validation, writing—review & editing, writing—original draft, resources, and supervision. YM: writing—review & editing. YL, HZ, MW: formal analysis and investigation. HH: SEM, TEM, XRD, and XPS testing. HY: electrochemical testing.

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Zheng, D., He, G., Mi, Y. et al. Effect of alkaline electrolyte concentration on energy storage of core–shell structured MoSe2-PANI as supercapacitor electrode materials. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1734 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11123-0

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