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A Facile Preparation of Zinc Cobaltite (ZnCo2O4) Nanostructures for Promising Supercapacitor Applications

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Hybrid nanocomposites have shown their excellent potential in energy storage devices particularly in electrochemical supercapacitors to meet the forthcoming demand in the energy sector applications. Novel hybrid composited displayed the dual nature of electrochemical double layer and pseudocapacitive behaviour, which makes them more advantageous in supercapacitor device fabrication. Zinc cobaltite (ZnCo2O4) nanostructures have been prepared by precipitation route and the structural, optical and electrochemical properties of the final product were analyzed. X-ray pattern showed the spinal cubic phase structure with fine nano-crystallites. The FTIR and Raman spectrum confirmed the presence of surface functional groups and confirmed the formation of high-quality ZnCo2O4 nanocrystals. XPS and EDX spectrum showed the high purity and good crystallinity nature of the as-prepared ZnCo2O4 nanocrystal. FE-SEM and TEM analysis exhibits the bundle like morphology of the final product. Finally, the as-prepared ZnCo2O4 nanostructure was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanic charge–discharge analysis (GCD) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to check its suitability. The electrochemical investigation demonstrated the highest capacitance of 159 F g−1 at 2 mA cm−2 in 2 M KOH electrolyte and the long cyclic test showed the 92% initial capacitance retention over 2500 cycles. It reveals/demonstrated that the spinel ZnCo2O4 nanostructures own a promising usage in devices for electrochemical energy storage.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia for funding this work through Research Groups Program under Grant No. R.G.P.2/103/41.

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  1. Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637205, India

    M. Silambarasan & K. Ravikumar

  2. Department of Physics, Thiru Kolanjiappar Government Arts College, Viruthachalam, Tamil Nadu, 606001, India

    P. S. Ramesh

  3. Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 608002, India

    D. Geetha

  4. Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    H. Elhosiny Ali, H. Algarni & Mohd. Shkir

  5. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

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  6. Department of Physics, St. Joseph University, Dimapur, Nagaland, 797115, India

    P. Soundhirarajan

  7. Department of Physics, Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, 400703, India

    Kamlesh V. Chandekar

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Silambarasan, M., Ramesh, P.S., Geetha, D. et al. A Facile Preparation of Zinc Cobaltite (ZnCo2O4) Nanostructures for Promising Supercapacitor Applications. J Inorg Organomet Polym 31, 3905–3920 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-021-02077-z

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