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Controlling the nanoscale morphology and structure of the ZnO/MnO2 system for efficient transparent supercapacitors

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We discuss relationships between transparent supercapacitor performance and the morphology of its ZnO nanostructured electrodes. The electrodes with different morphologies were prepared by magnetron sputtering and postdeposition annealing. They were decorated with MnO2 nanostructures and tested in symmetric transparent supercapacitors. The capacitances for discharging at 10 µA/cm2 were in the range of 20–53 µF/cm2, meaning that an increase of 250% in capacitance can be obtained by optimizing the electrode morphology. Optimal morphologies were hierarchical with a large range of pore sizes available. The worst performing had the smallest range of pore sizes. Best devices exhibited transparencies above 90%.

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Acknowledgment

This majority of this research was supported by the National Centre for Research and Development in the frames of the Lider V Programme through the project “Nanocoral zinc oxide-based supercapacitors for transparent electronics (NACZO)”, contract: LIDER/030/615/L-5/NCBR/2014.[19]

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    M. A. Borysiewicz, M. Wzorek, M. Ekielski & J. Kaczmarski

  2. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland

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Borysiewicz, M.A., Wzorek, M., Ekielski, M. et al. Controlling the nanoscale morphology and structure of the ZnO/MnO2 system for efficient transparent supercapacitors. MRS Communications 7, 173–178 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.16

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