High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor based on spinel Co3O4 nanoparticles

Authors

  • Selvapriya R  Centre for Research and Post Graduate Department of Physics, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi,Tamil Nadu, India
  • Alagar M  Centre for Research and Post Graduate Department of Physics, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi,Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Co3O4 Nanostructures, Co-Precipitation, Cyclic Voltammetry, Galvanostatic Charge-Discharge And Asymmetric Supercapacitor.

Abstract

We report a facile synthesis and characterization of spinel Co3O4 nanostructures on its utilization as electrode material for asymmetric supercapacitors by co-precipitation method. The as-synthesized nanostructure was characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) and Scanning electron microscopy(SEM). Electrochemical behaviour of the Co3O4 electrode performance was characterized by cyclic voltammetry(CV) in 1 M KOH electrolyte using a three electrode system. Galvanostatic charge-discharge measurements made on the fabricated asymmetric supercapacitor gave a high specific capacitance of 17.33 F/g at a discharge current density of 0.2 A/g. Moreover, they showed an excellent cycle stability and better capacity retention of 92% after 2000 continuous charge-discharge cycles.

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Selvapriya R, Alagar M, " High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor based on spinel Co3O4 nanoparticles, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.444-450, March-April-2017.