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Preparation and electrochemical properties of mesoporous $Co_3O_4$ crater-like microspheres as supercapacitor electrode materials

  • Wang, Lu (Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Liu, Xiaoheng (Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Wang, Xin (Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Yang, Xujie (Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Lu, Lude (Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education)
  • Received : 2010.02.25
  • Accepted : 2010.05.12
  • Published : 2010.12.30
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Abstract

Mesoporous $Co_3O_4$ microspheres with unique crater-like morphology were obtained by utilizing the mesoporous silica material MCM-41 as a template. The analysis results of $N_2$ adsorption-desorption measurement indicate that the product has a large Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 60 $m^2\;g^{-1}$ and a narrow pore size distribution centering around 3.7 nm. Its electrochemical propertie were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. The findings reveal that this novel morphology material has a smaller inner resistance of about 0.4 ${\Omega}$ and a higher onset frequency of 550 Hz. This material can provide a high specific capacitance of 102 F $g^{-1}$ and a large capacity retention of 74% in 500 continuous cycles test at a sweep rate of 3 mV $s^{-1}$. More significantly, the mass loading of electroactive species can reach as large a 2 mg $cm^{-2}$, which is one order of magnitude larger than common amount used.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation, Natural Science Foundation

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