Rational construction of NiCo2O4@Fe2O3 core-shell nanowire arrays for high-performance supercapacitors
Ke Zhang, Ze Cen, Fang Yang, Kaibing Xu
Abstract
Fe2O3 electrode materials exhibit excellent electrochemical performance in electrochemical energy storage system. However, its poor electrical conductivity limits its future practical application. The binder-free NiCo2O4@Fe2O3 composites was reasonably designed and fabricated on carbon fiber paper with NiCo2O4 nanowires as conductive scaffold in the present investigation. The three-dimensional nanostructure of the porous Fe2O3 nanorods coated the NiCo2O4 nanowire arrays showed the fascinating electrochemical performance, including high specific capacitance of 262 mF/cm2 at a current density of 1 mA/cm2, and remarkable cycle stability with ~74.2% capacitance retention after 4000 cycles. The excellent pseudocapacitance performance of NiCo2O4@Fe2O3 composite materials is due to synergistic effect between NiCo2O4 and Fe2O3. The results of the present work show that NiCo2O4@Fe2O3 core-shell composite electrode is expected to exhibit excellent performance in the field of supercapacitors.