Preparation of hierarchical mesoporous Co3O4 bundle using [Bmim]TA as a multi-role starting material and its supercapacitor application

Wei Liu1, Ding Jiang1, Jie Xiang Xia1, Jing Qian1, Kun Wang1, Hua Ming Li1
1Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People’s Republic of China

Tóm tắt

Hierarchical mesoporous Co3O4 bundles were obtained by a hydrothermal method combined with a subsequent calcination treatment. During the synthesis of the precursor Co2(OH)2CO3, the versatile ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoroacetate performed three roles as the co-solvent, precursor, and template. A supercapacitor based on the as-prepared Co3O4 was fabricated and further evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry measurements, which exhibited a specific capacitance of 357 F g−1 at 2 A g−1 after 500 cycles under high loading conditions (approximately 8 mg cm−2). Moreover, the mesoporous Co3O4 was found to maintain 85.5 % specific capacitance with an increase in the current density from 1 to 20 A g−1; this behavior was attributed to the unique structure of the bundles which allowed most of the Co3O4 sheets to efficiently participate in the electrochemical reaction.

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