Abstract
ABSTRACTAs an excellent electrode material for supercapacitors, it should have high capacitance like transition metal oxides and good stability like carbon materials. In this work, we reported a novel composite electrode material, Co-Ni(OH)2/carbon sphere, obtained by a solvothermal method. At first, the activated carbon spheres with an uniform size of about 4µm were synthesized, and then the sheet-like Co-Ni(OH)2 adsorbed on the cracks and outer surface of the carbon spheres to form the Co-Ni(OH)2/carbon sphere composite. The influence of mass ratio of Co-Ni(OH)2 to carbon spheres on capacitance performance was investigated. Benefitting from the unique composite structure, the synthesized Co-Ni(OH)2/carbon sphere presents a high specific capacitance up to 959.7 F/g in 6 M KOH at current density of 1 A/g. Meanwhile, the capacitance retention maintains its 75% after 3000 cycles, which is about 2.8 times higher than that of the pure Co-Ni(OH)2, indicating a good stability.
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