Conformal Coating of Cobalt-Nickel Layered Double Hydroxides Nanoflakes on Carbon Fibers for High-performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Supercapacitor Devices

Warsi, Muhammad Farooq; Shakir, Imran; Shahid, Muhammad; Sarfraz, Mansoor M.; Nadeem, Muhammad Tahir; Gilani, Zaheer Abbas

Conformal Coating of Cobalt-Nickel Layered Double Hydroxides Nanoflakes on Carbon Fibers for High-performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Supercapacitor Devices

Type

Article

Authors

Warsi, Muhammad Farooq
Shakir, Imran
Shahid, Muhammad
Sarfraz, Mansoor M.
Nadeem, Muhammad Tahir
Gilani, Zaheer Abbas

KAUST Department

Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date

2014-07

Abstract

High specific capacitance coupled with the ease of large scale production is two desirable characteristics of a potential pseudo-supercapacitor material. In the current study, the uniform and conformal coating of nickel-cobalt layered double hydroxides (CoNi0.5LDH,) nanoflakes on fibrous carbon (FC) cloth has been achieved through cost-effective and scalable chemical precipitation method, followed by a simple heat treatment step. The conformally coated CoNi0.5LDH/FC electrode showed 1.5 times greater specific capacitance compared to the electrodes prepared by conventional non-conformal (drop casting) method of depositing CoNi0.5LDH powder on the carbon microfibers (1938 Fg-1 vs 1292 Fg-1). Further comparison of conformally and non-conformally coated CoNi0.5LDH electrodes showed the rate capability of 79%: 43% capacity retention at 50 Ag-1 and cycling stability 4.6%: 27.9% loss after 3000 cycles respectively. The superior performance of the conformally coated CoNi0.5LDH is mainly due to the reduced internal resistance and fast ionic mobility between electrodes as compared to non-conformally coated electrodes which is evidenced by EIS and CV studies. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

Citation

Warsi, M. F., Shakir, I., Shahid, M., Sarfraz, M., Nadeem, M., & Gilani, Z. A. (2014). Conformal Coating of Cobalt-Nickel Layered Double Hydroxides Nanoflakes on Carbon Fibers for High-performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Supercapacitor Devices. Electrochimica Acta, 135, 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.020

Acknowledgements

The authors would like extend their sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saudi University for its funding of this research through the Research Group Project no RGP-VPP-312.