High capacity Mo7S8 nanosheets with electrodeposited alpha-Co(OH)2 thin layer as positive electrode in hybrid potassium dual-ion supercapacitors

Guanyu Qiu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Emmanuel Pameté, Yunbing He*, Xuexue Pan*, Ming Chen, Shixiong Luo, Zhazira Supiyeva, Qamar Abbas, Xinman Chen

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Abstract

Alpha-Co(OH)2 nanoflakes are grown on Mo7S8 electrodes by galvanostatic electrodeposition. The influence of various electrodeposition time durations on the electrochemical properties of alpha-Co(OH)2@Mo7S8 electrodes is compared. When the optimized deposition time is 1440 s, alpha-Co(OH)2@Mo7S8 composite electrode obtains the highest specific capacity of 484.8 C g−1, the lowest internal resistance of 1.96 Ω, the shortest time constant of 2.15 s, and the maximum diffusion coefficient of 2.27 × 10−14 cm2 s−1. The kinetic analysis of this electrode reveals the highest diffusion and the lowest non-diffusion contributions of 76.25% and 23.75% at 0.5 mV s−1, respectively. Ex-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy shows that chemical valences of Mo and Co increased from +2 to +4 and from +2 to +3 after OH insertion, respectively. The hybrid potassium dual-ion supercapacitor is assembled with alpha-Co(OH)2@Mo7S8 cathode (positive electrode) and molybdenum-phosphate-based MoPO@Mo7S8 anode (negative electrode). The device exhibits remarkable capacitance characteristics with a high specific energy of 59.4 Wh kg−1 at a specific power of 734 W kg−1 and a capacity-maintaining retention rate of 97.3% after 10,000 charge–discharge cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Article number142467
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume458
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2023

Keywords

  • Alalpha-Co(OH)@MoS nanocomposite
  • Electrodeposition
  • Potassium dual-ion supercapacitors
  • Specific energy
  • Storage mechanism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Electrochemistry

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