Capacitive Properties of Mesoporous Mn-Co Oxide Derived from a Mixed Oxalate英文文献资料.docVIP

Materials Sciences and Applications, 2012, 3, 377-383 377 /10.4236/msa.2012.36054 Published Online June 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Capacitive Properties of Mesoporous Mn-Co Oxide Derived from a Mixed Oxalate Yong Yan, Bingcai Wu, Cuihong Zheng, Daolai Fang * School of Materials Science and Engineering and Anhui Key Laboratory of Metal Materials and Processing, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, China. * Email: fangdl@ Received March 7 , 2012; revised April 13 , 2012; accepted May 17 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT A mesoporous Mn-Co oxide for supercapacitors was derived from a mixed oxalate Mn0.8Co0.2C2O4?nH2O, which was synthesized by a solid-state coordination reaction at room temperature. The synthesized mixed Mn-Co oxalate was de- composed in air at 250?C, resulting in a tetragonal spinel Mn-Co oxide with a primary particle size less than 100 nm. The obtained Mn-Co oxide presents a mesoporous texture with a specific surface area of 120 m 2 ·g?1. Electrochemical properties of the Mn-Co oxide electrode were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge in 6 mol·L?1 KOH electrolyte. The Mn-Co oxide electrode delivered specific capacitances of 383 and 225 F·g?1 at scan rates of 2 and 50 mV·s?1, respectively. Subjected to 500 cycles at a current density of 1.34 A·g?1, the symmetrical Mn-Co oxide capacitor showed specific capacitance of 179 F·g?1, still retaining ~85% of its initial capacitance. The obtained Mn-Co oxide material showed good capacitive performance, which was promising for supercapacitor applica- tions. Keywords: Supercapacitors; Manganese Oxide; Solid-State Reaction; Cyclic Voltammetry; Capacitive Performance 1. Introduction oxides, such as amorphous and crystallized MnO2 [11- 14], nanostructured NiO [15,16], and mesoporous and nano