Electrochemical Performance of Activated Carbon-NiCo₂O₄ as Candidate for Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

Abstract:

Asymmetric supercapacitors have been fabricated using nanostructured AC// AC-NiCo₂O₄ composite electrodes. The aim was to determine the performance of a modified electrode based on AC as the anode and AC-NiCo₂O₄ as the cathode. NiCo₂O₄ has been successfully synthesized using the co-precipitation method. FTIR, XRD, and SEM characterized the material. The NiCo₂O₄ confirmed the crystalline structure assigned to cubic spinel with nanospheres morphologies. The electrochemical properties of the prepared composite electrodes and fabricated supercapacitor cells have been studied using charge-discharge (CD) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) in 1M Et₄NBF₄ as an electrolyte_. The optimized composition is AC-NiCo₂O₄ (15%), exhibiting a superior power density of 42.56 W kg^-1. These results showed that AC-NiCo₂O₄ material could be a great candidate as an active material for supercapacitors.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 363)
• Pages: 119-128
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-N2dUL3
• Online since: September 2024
• Authors: Silvi Rahmawati Wibowo, Viona Lidya Haryati Putri, Nandang Mufti*, Aripriharta Aripriharta, Markus Diantoro, Eprilia Trikusuma Sari
• Keywords: AC, Electrode, NiCo₂O₄, Supercapacitor

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