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Hybrid nanocomposites of AuNP@C@NiO synthesized via in-situ reduction as promising electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitor

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Porous activated carbon materials are extensively used as adsorbent electrode materials for energy storage devices because of their impressive superlative characteristics, such as large specific surface area, high electrical conductivity and low cost. In this work, Hierarchical porous carbon and nickel oxide nanocomposites modified by gold nanoparticles (AuNP@C@NiO-x) were synthesized through in-situ reduction methods and used as high-performance electrode material supercapacitors. The obtained nanocomposites material consisted of NiO, AuNPs nanoparticles on the surface of activated carbon material, in which the activated carbon was used as a hollow structure to attachment of NiO and AuNPs nanoparticles. The electrochemical analysis demonstrated that the AuNP@C@NiO-x composite electrode significantly improved electrochemical performance compared to the activated carbon and pristine NiO. The result shows that the AuNP@PC@NiO-x composites have the highest specific capacitance of 485.7 F/g at the current density of 1.0 A/g and lower charge-transfer resistance than pure NiO. Furthermore, the assembled asymmetric device (AuNP@PC@NiO-0.15/AC) demonstrated a maximum energy density of 19.22 Wh/kg at a power density of 175.2 W/kg and a better specific capacity retain of 84.2% at a current density of 1.0 A/g after 5000 cycles.

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This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51763014 and 52073133), Joint fund between Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals (Grant No. 18LHPY002), and the Program for Hongliu Distinguished Young Scholars in Lanzhou University of Technology.

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    Abdalazeez Ismail Mohamed Albashir, Qianqian Zhang, Mohammed Kamal Hadi & Fen Ran

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Albashir, A.I.M., Zhang, Q., Hadi, M.K. et al. Hybrid nanocomposites of AuNP@C@NiO synthesized via in-situ reduction as promising electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 28480–28493 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07229-y

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