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Glycine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of nanostructured Co x Ni1−x –Al layered triple hydroxides as electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors

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Nanostructured Co x Ni1−x –Al layered triple hydroxides (Co x Ni1−x –Al LTHs) have been successfully synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method using glycine as chelating agent. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The morphologies of Co x Ni1−x –Al LTHs varied with the Co content and its effect on the electrochemical behavior was studied by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge–discharge techniques. Electrochemical data demonstrated that the Co x Ni1−x –Al LTHs with Co/Ni molar ratio of 3:2 owned the best performance and delivered a maximum specific capacitance of 1,375 F g−1 at a current density of 0.5 A g−1 and a good high-rate capability. The capacitance retained 93.3% of the initial value after 1,000 continuous charge–discharge cycles at a current density of 2 A g−1.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support by National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 20873064)and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No.BK2011030).

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    Fang Zhang, Jianwei Jiang, Liang Hao, Laifa Shen, Luojiang Zhang & Xiaogang Zhang

  2. School of Materials and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, People’s Republic of China

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Zhang, F., Jiang, J., Yuan, C. et al. Glycine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of nanostructured Co x Ni1−x –Al layered triple hydroxides as electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors. J Solid State Electrochem 16, 1933–1940 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-011-1596-0

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