Study on designated 3D nickel carbonate hydroxide hydrate on different types of Ni foams for supercapattery

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2023

Abstract

Metal carbonate hydroxide hydrates are intensively explored in industries as a precursor however, their exploration in energy storage application is still in its infant stage. Thus, in this work, a highly performing 3D nickel carbonate hydroxide hydrate (NCHH) was attempted via hydrothermal method by adjusting the nickel chloride hexahydrate to urea ratio. On top of that, a novel approach on electrochemical enhancement was done by varying the specification of the substrate (Ni foam). Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and N2 Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) were performed, and it was perceived that morphological properties of the Nifoam (NF) play a vital role in the enhancement of electrochemical performance. From the three different NFs analysed, NF with a flat branch and rough surface shows a significant electrochemical performance elevation of optimized NCHH in terms of specific capacitance (from 1062.67 Fg- 1 to 1746.17 Fg- 1) and energy density (from 33.60 Wh kg- 1 to 56.48 Wh kg- 1). Supercapattery was then assembled using the optimized NCHH as the positive terminal and activated carbon as the negative terminal. The device delivered a satisfactory energy density of 12.19 Wh kg- 1 at 3 Ag-1 with a magnificent power density of 16,035 W kg- 1 at 10 Ag-1. Together, it revealed a fascinating cyclic stability of 97.21 % over 10,000 cycles.

Keywords

Nickel carbonate hydroxide hydrate, Ni foams, Electrochemical performance, Supercapattery

Publication Title

Journal of Energy Storage

Divisions

PHYSICS,umpedac

Funders

Ministry of Higher Education through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2022/STG05/UM/01/2),Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC), Malaysia (MOSTI002- 2021TED1)

Volume

73

Issue

A

Publisher

Elsevier

Publisher Location

RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

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