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Mn3O4-Anchored Carbon-Nanotube Based Asymmetric Supercapacitor

Monday, 1 October 2018: 11:40
Galactic 4 (Sunrise Center)
A. Kumar, D. Sarkar (Indian Institute of Science), S. Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA), S. Patil (Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore), and A. K. Shukla (Indian Institute of Science)
A facile route to anchor pseudocapacitive materials on multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) to realize high-performance electrode materials for Asymmetric Supercapacitors (ASCs) is achieved. The anchoring process is achieved after direct decomposition of metal-hexacyanoferrate complexes on the CNT surface. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis reveals that the nanoparticles (NPs) are discretely attached over CNT surface without forming a uniform layer, thus making almost entire NP surface available for electrochemical reactions. Accordingly, CNT-Mn3O4 nanocomposite cathode shows significantly improved capacitive performance as compared to bare CNT electrode, validating the efficacy of designing the composite electrode. With CNT-Fe3O4 nanocomposite as paired anode, the hybrid ASC delivers a specific capacitance of 135.2 F/g at a scan rate of 10 mV/s within a potential window of 0-1.8V in the aqueous electrolyte and retains almost 100% of its initial capacitance even after 15000 cycles.