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Construction of SnO2/MWCNT nanocomposites as electrode materials for supercapacitor applications

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Both transition-metal oxide and carbon-based nanocomposites play important roles in the electrochemical properties. The rational design of carbon-based transition-metal oxides could accelerate the electrochemical double layer and Faradaic redox reaction kinetics, which increases the electroactive sites in the supercapacitor applications. Here, we synthesized SnO2/MWCNT nanocomposite through a simple hydrothermal method and used it as electrode material for energy storage applications. The physiochemical characterization was tested by using various techniques such as XRD, FT-IR, FE-SEM, and TEM. The SnO2/MWCNT electrode material delivered a maximum specific capacitance of 255 F/g at 2 A/g and 93% of capacitance retention after 1000 GCD cycles at 10 A g−1 in an alkaline medium.

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Fig. Schematic diagram of SnO2/MWCNTs nanocomposite with electrochemical performances. Here, we synthesized SnO2/MWCNT nanocomposite through a simple hydrothermal method and used as electrode material for energy storage application. The SnO2/MWCNT electrode material delivered maximum specific capacitance of 255 F/g at 2 A/g.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Chikkaiah Naicker College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

    P. Jayanthi, G. Saranya & N. Bhuvaneshwari

  2. Department of chemistry, K.S.R. College of Engineering (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, 637 215, Tamil Nadu, India

    P. Jayanthi

  3. Department of Physics, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, 637 215, Tamil Nadu, India

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  4. Department of Physics, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India

    Prabhu Sengodan & R. Usha

  5. Department of Chemistry, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India

    Siranjeevi Ravichandran

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PJ: methodology, writing - original draft, data curation, visualization. GS: data curation, investigation, software, validation. JD and PS, validation. NB, SR and RU: conceptualization, writing - review & editing.

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Jayanthi, P., Saranya, G., Duraimurugan, J. et al. Construction of SnO2/MWCNT nanocomposites as electrode materials for supercapacitor applications. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 108, 112–119 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-023-06180-0

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