Abstract
A novel type of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)/Co 3O 4 composite electrode for supercapacitors has been prepared through a facile and effective method, which combined the acid treatment of MWNTs and in situ decomposition of Co(NO 3) 2 in n-hexanol solution at 140 °C. The samples are characterized by TEM, XRD and electrochemical testing, respectively. The MWNTs/Co 3O 4 composites show high capacitor property, and their best specific capacitance is up to 200.98 F g −1, which is significantly greater than that of pure MWNTs (90.1 F g −1). With different MWNTs contents, they show Faradaic redox capacitive behavior to double-layer capacitive behavior, which may be due to the different microstructure of the composites.
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