V. Prabu1,2, K. Geetha3, R. Sekar1,2, Mani Ulaganathan4
1Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201002, India
2Electrochemical Power Sources Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, 630003 India
3Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, 613403 India
4Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Physical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore, 641112, India
Tóm tắt
Electrochemical supercapacitors have been considered the most promising energy storage system due to their attractive features, high power, energy density, and good cycle performance. This work investigates the capacitor performance of the tailor‐made electro‐deposited (ED) MnO2‐coated 3D‐carbon felt (CF) as a positive electrode. Manganese, a well‐known transition metal, has good electrochemical activity in various electrolyte conditions with broad operating potential and high specific capacity. The ED MnO2@CF delivers a maximum specific capacitance of and 231.5 Fg−1 at 10 mV s−1 in three electrode configurations. The asymmetric cell is developed using MnO2@CF as a positive electrode and the cell deliveres a maximum capacitance of 187.5 F g−1 at 0.2 A g−1 at a high‐voltage window of 2 V. The cycle life of the asymmetric capacitor is also tested up to 10 000 cycles, and the cell deliveres a round trip efficiency of 99%. To elucidate further the high‐voltage window (2 V) of the present work, an asymmetric cell configuration is fabricated using commercial MnO2 and the performance characteristics are also compared.
