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One-step synthesis of ultra-small Fe2O3 nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes at a low temperature as a high-performance anode for supercapacitors

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The composites of Fe2O3 nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be applied in many fields including energy storage. The synthesis of Fe2O3/CNTs composite is usually carried out under high temperatures with complicated processes. To solve these problems, we report a novel one-step chemical bath deposition method to synthesize it at a very low temperature in this work. With DMF as a complex agent, ferrous cations can be well combined with the external surface of CNTs to form small Fe2O3 nanoparticles just at 70 °C for 2-h reaction. XRD, SEM, and TEM analyses confirm that as-prepared Fe2O3 nanoparticles are ultra-small, well crystallized, and highly dispersed onto the surface of CNTs. When being used as an electrode material for supercapacitor, the composite has a specific capacitance of 942 F g−1 at 2 A g−1 and 645 F g−1 at 15 A g−1, exhibiting a higher specific capacitance than previously reported Fe2O3/CNTs composites due to its smaller size.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge research funding supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang province (No. LY18E020003).

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    Junming Xu, Miao Li, Weiqin Sheng, Jun Wu & Kaixin Song

  2. Key Laboratory of Material Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China

    Xinchang Wang

  3. School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    J. P. Cheng

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Xu, J., Li, M., Sheng, W. et al. One-step synthesis of ultra-small Fe2O3 nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes at a low temperature as a high-performance anode for supercapacitors. Ionics 26, 5211–5219 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03653-y

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