Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Oxide/CNTs Composites as Electrochemical Capacitor Electrode Materials

Abstract:

Manganese oxide (MnO2)/Carbon nanotubes(CNTs) composites were prepared by a home-made microwave heating equipment. The crystal structure, microstructure, electrochemical properties were characterized by XRD and SEM, the discharge capacity and cycling performance were compared. The results show a birnessite-type MnO2 coating can be prepared. In this paper, a microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis method was used to synthesize the MnO2/CNTs composites. MnO2 content increases with the increasing of microwave power, which result in the specific capacitances of as-perpared materials increase

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 519)
• Pages: 197-200
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.519.197
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Ye Yan, Ji Zhao Zou, Xie Rong Zeng
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotube (CN), Manganese Oxide, Microwave Heating, Super-Capacitor (SC)

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