Electrochimica Acta, Vol.288, 31-41, 2018
Construction of manganese-cobalt-sulfide anchored onto rGO/Ni foam with a high capacity for hybrid supercapacitors
Ternary metal sulfides such as manganese-cobalt-sulfide (MCS) with the unique physical, chemical properties and high specific capacity can be used as energy storage material for supercapacitor. Herein, we prepared a MCS nanosheet array stick onto reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/Ni foam (MCS/rGO/NF) by a carefully controlled sulfurization time process. As the reaction time increased, the thickness of MCS/ rGO/NF nanosheet arrays charged from thin to thick. After 3 h of sulfurization reaction (MCS/rGO/NF-3h), the nanosheets became rough due to the formation of some small sheets, and the composite showed the best electrochemical performance. The MCS/rGO/NF-3h composite exhibited a large specific capacity of 1356 Cg(-1) at a current density of 1 Ag-1, and a long-term cyclic stability of 92.9% at a current density of 10 Ag-1 through 3000 cycles. Moreover, a hybrid supercapacitor (HSC) device was assembled using MCS/ rGO/NF-3h and rGO as the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The MCS/rGO/NF-3h//rGO HSC exhibited a high energy density of 45.4 W h kg(-1) at a power density of 850.2 W kg(-1). The prominent electrochemical performance suggests that MCS/rGO/NF composites are promising electrode materials for energy storage applications. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Manganese-cobalt-sulfide/rGO/NF;Sulfurization time;Electrochemical performance;Hybrid supercapacitor;Energy density