Published December 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Manganese dioxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposites for electrodes of electrochemical supercapacitors

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ont., Canada L8S 4L7 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5B9 (Canada)

Description

Electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitors were fabricated by cathodic electrodeposition of MnO2 on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which were grown by chemical vapour deposition on stainless steel meshes. The MnO2-CNT nanocomposites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. The electrodes showed excellent capacitive behaviour in the 0.5 M Na2SO4 electrolyte, with specific capacitance of 356 F g-1 at a scan rate of 2 mV s-1.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.08.040

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.08.040;
PII
S1359-6462(09)00556-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
61
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1079-1082
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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