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Evaluating the Electrochemical Properties of Supercapacitors using the Three-Electrode System
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Hydrothermal growth of ferrous hydroxide terephthalate as a new positive electrode material for supercapacitors
Xiuling Ou1, Shuijin Lei, Xinlai Zhang
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China. shjlei@ncu.edu.cn.
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|August 4, 2018
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Ferrous hydroxide terephthalate, Fe(OH)(C8H5O4), is first prepared by an in situ hydrothermal growth method on nickel foam, which can be directly used as the positive electrodes for supercapacitors with superior pseudocapacitive behaviors. It displays high specific capacitance of 5.25 F cm-2 (656.3 F g-1) at 10 mA cm-2 (1.25 A g-1).
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