Electrochemical Energy Storage Properties of Ni-Mn-Oxide Electrodes for Advance Asymmetric Supercapacitor Application.

In this work, we report a facile one-spot synthesis process and the influence of compositional variation on the electrochemical performance of Ni-Mn-oxides (Ni:Mn = 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4) for high-performance advanced energy storage applications. The crystalline structure and the morphology of these synthesized nanocomposites have been demonstrated using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron Microscopy. Among these materials, Ni-Mn-oxide with Ni:Mn = 1:3 possesses a large Brunauer?Emmett?Teller specific surface area (127 m2 g?1) with pore size 8.2 nm and exhibits the highest specific capacitance of 1215.5 F g?1 at a scan rate 2 mV s?1 with an excellent long-term cycling stability (?87.2% capacitance retention at 10 A g?1 over 5000 cycles). This work also gives a comparison and explains the influence of different compositional ratios on the electrochemical properties of Ni-Mn-oxides. To demonstrate the possibility of commercial application, an asymmetric supercapacitor device has been constructed by using Ni-Mn-oxide (Ni:Mn = 1:3) as a positive electrode and activated carbon (AC) as a negative electrode. This battery-like device achieves a maximum energy density of 132.3 W h kg?1 at a power density of 1651 W kg?1 and excellent coulombic efficiency of 97% over 3000 cycles at 10 A g?1.