Microfabricated pseudocapacitors using Ni(OH)2 electrodes exhibit remarkable volumetric capacitance and energy density
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ArticleKAUST Department
Functional Nanomaterials and Devices Research GroupMaterial Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2014-09-10Online Publication Date
2014-09-10Print Publication Date
2015-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563757
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Metal hydroxide based microfabricated pseudocapacitors with impressive volumetric stack capacitance and energy density are demonstrated. A combination of top-down photolithographic process and bottom-up chemical synthesis is employed to fabricate the micro-pseudocapacitors (μ-pseudocapacitors). The resulting Ni(OH)2-based devices show several excellent characteristics including high-rate redox activity up to 500 V s-1 and an areal cell capacitance of 16 mF cm-2 corresponding to a volumetric stack capacitance of 325 F cm-3. This volumetric capacitance is two-fold higher than carbon and metal oxide based μ-supercapacitors with interdigitated electrode architecture. Furthermore, these μ-pseudocapacitors show a maximum energy density of 21 mWh cm-3, which is superior to the Li-based thin film batteries. The heterogeneous growth of Ni(OH)2 over the Ni surface during the chemical bath deposition is found to be the key parameter in the formation of uniform monolithic Ni(OH)2 mesoporous nanosheets with vertical orientation, responsible for the remarkable properties of the fabricated devices. Additionally, functional tandem configurations of the μ-pseudocapacitors are shown to be capable of powering a light-emitting diode.Citation
Kurra, N., Alhebshi, N. A., & Alshareef, H. N. (2014). Microfabricated Pseudocapacitors Using Ni(OH)2Electrodes Exhibit Remarkable Volumetric Capacitance and Energy Density. Advanced Energy Materials, 5(2), 1401303. doi:10.1002/aenm.201401303Sponsors
N.K. and N.A.A. contributed equally to this work. Research reported in this publication was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) under project number T-K-11-286. The authors also thank Muhammad Shahid for useful discussions, and the Advanced Nanofabrication, Imaging and Characterization Laboratory at KAUST for their excellent support. N.K. acknowledges the support from SABIC Postdoctoral Fellowship.Publisher
WileyJournal
Advanced Energy Materialsae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/aenm.201401303