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Evaluating the Electrochemical Properties of Supercapacitors using the Three-Electrode System
Published on: January 7, 2022
Spectator-metal-ion-guided redox-dominant cobalt oxyhydroxide as a high-performance supercapacitor
Alpana Sahu1, Peeyush Pandey1, Sourav Bhowmick1
1Materials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. mq@iitg.ac.in.
Abstract:
The ability of spectator metal ions such as vanadium to enhance the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors has been explained. Vanadium-incorporated CoO(OH) combined with NiMn-layered double hydroxide (LDH) yields a specific capacitance of 1700 F g-1 at 1 A g-1 with 96% retention after 5000 cycles. The assembled asymmetric supercapacitor exhibits an energy density of 45.93 W h Kg-1 and a power density of 752 W kg-1@1 A g-1.
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