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Facile hydrothermal synthesis of α-MnO2 and δ-MnO2 for pseudocapacitor applications

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We report the comparison of the electrochemical performances of α-MnO2 and δ-MnO2 produced by hydrothermal treatment. The structure and morphology of these materials were analyzed by SEM, HRTEM, XRD, and XPS, while their electrochemical properties were tested in the 1 M Na2SO4 aqueous electrolyte by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge–discharge measurements, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The specific capacitance of δ-MnO2 at 1 mV·s−1 was 4.8 times higher than that of α-MnO2 (211 vs. 44 F·g−1) because of the layered structure of δ-MnO2 that provided better availability of the electrode surface for electrolyte ions during charge–discharge cycles and pseudocapacitance behavior attributed to faradaic redox reactions. Moreover, δ-MnO2 revealed high electrochemical stability (more than 98% of the initial capacitance after 5000 charge/discharge cycles) confirming its good performance as an electrode material for pseudocapacitors. The contributions of surface and diffusion capacitances were analyzed by the differentiation method.

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The authors acknowledge the support from Lomonosov Moscow State University Program of Development for providing access to the TEM and XPS facilities.

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    Ekaterina A. Arkhipova, Anton S. Ivanov, Konstantin I. Maslakov, Roman Yu. Novotortsev, Serguei V. Savilov & Sergey M. Aldoshin

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiao Ling Wei, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Hui Xia

  3. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Moscow, 125047, Russia, 9 Miusskaya pl.

    Andrey V. Desyatov

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Arkhipova, E.A., Ivanov, A.S., Maslakov, K.I. et al. Facile hydrothermal synthesis of α-MnO2 and δ-MnO2 for pseudocapacitor applications. Ionics 28, 3501–3509 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04562-y

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