Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermal Synthesized Fe₃O₄/ReS₂ Heterostructure for Supercapacitor Electrodes

Abstract:

Developing materials for electrodes with engineered interfaces is important for improving supercapacitor performance. Combining metal oxides and two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is a promising approach to develop enhanced supercapacitor electrodes. To the best of our knowledge, the electrochemical activity and energy storage of the Fe₃O₄/ReS₂ heterostructure-based electrodes have not been reported in the literature. Therefore, this study employed a two-step hydrothermal method to synthesize a Fe₃O₄/ReS₂ heterostructure and investigated its electrochemical performance. The developed material exhibited exceptional specific capacitance, capacity retention, and high energy and power densities. Moreover, various characterization techniques, including SEM, TEM combined with EDX, and XRD, were employed to examine the surface and structural properties of the produced heterostructures. Electrochemical measurements for supercapacitor application were conducted in 2 M KOH electrolytes for all the developed electrodes. The Fe₃O₄/ReS₂ electrode displayed an excellent energy density of 49.31 Wh/Kg, a power density of 550 W/Kg, a specific capacitance of 322.7 F/g, at a current density of 1A/g, and attained 118 % capacitance retention after 2000 cycles at 10 A/g. A specific capacitance of 789.65 F/g was obtained at 5 mV/s. This work uncovers the potential of Fe₃O₄/ReS₂ heterostructures as promising electrode materials for high-performance energy storage applications.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 444)
• Pages: 157-163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-rVP4KW
• Online since: October 2025
• Authors: Mohamed A.A. Eldaly*, Mohsen A. Hassan, Guoqing Guan, Ahmed S.G. Khalil
• Keywords: Electrochemical, Fe₃O₄/ReS₂, Heterostructures, Hydrothermal, Supercapacitor

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