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Nickel sulfide/graphene/carbon nanotube composites as electrode material for the supercapacitor application in the sea flashing signal system

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This work presents NiS/graphene/carbon nanotube (NiS/GNS/CNT) composites as electrode material for the supercapacitor application in sea flashing signal systems. NiS nanosheets were closely anchored on the conductive GNS-CNT networks. As a result, the NiS/GNS/CNT electrode showed a high specific capacitance of 2 377 F·g−1 at 2 mV·s−1 and good cycling stability compared with the pure NiS (1 599 F·g−1). The enhanced electrochemical performances are attributed to the synergetic effect between the conductive carbon and the pseudo-capacitive NiS. The high performance supercapacitor may provide application in the sea flashing signal system.

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  1. College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Hailong Chen

  2. College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Ji Li, Conglai Long, Tong Wei, Jun Yan & Zhuangjun Fan

  3. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Guoqing Ning

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Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51077014, 21003028 and 51202043); the Fundamental Research funds for the Central Universities, the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0050), and the Excellent Youth Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China.

Zhuangjun Fan is presently a professor at the College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, and he is the director of the Institute of Advanced Carbon Based Materials at Harbin Engineering University. He has been the principal investigator of a large variety of funded research work regarding the design and optimization of carbon materials as electrode materials for energy storage. His research interests focus on the design and controlled synthesis of carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, and their application in energy-related areas such as supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, and full cells. His activities are documented by an extensive publication record of scientific papers, technical reports, and papers at international conferences. He received various international prize awards for his overall research work and his scientific contributions to carbon materials.

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Chen, H., Li, J., Long, C. et al. Nickel sulfide/graphene/carbon nanotube composites as electrode material for the supercapacitor application in the sea flashing signal system. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 13, 462–466 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-014-1279-1

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