Electrochemical performance of V2O5/TiO2 nanocomposite: As an emerging electrode material for supercapacitor application

Abstract

This scrutiny encounters the hydrothermal approach of binary nanocomposites V2O5/TiO2 (VT). The XRD pattern substantiated the formation of the binary composites with 18 nm of the crystallite size without any extraneous impurities. Whereas, HR-SEM implies the efficient bonding and homogeneous distribution between V2O5 and TiO2 nanoparticles, which provokes high electrochemical performances. Additionally, the BET analysis exposes the specific surface area to be 251 m2 g−1 with an average pore size of 3.14 nm for the VT nanocomposite. The electrochemical performances of the binary VT nanocomposite exhibit high specific capacitance of 443.7 Fg−1 at a current density of 1 Ag−1 with an excellent cyclic retention of 90 % even after successive 5000 cycles at 5 Ag−1. Therefore, the results obtained in this study clearly demonstrates that the binary nanocomposite VT would be a favorable electrode material for the commercial energy storage applications.