Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Core-shell (Mn7C3, Ni)@C Nanoparticles

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(Mn₇C₃, Ni)@C nanoparticles were synthesized for electrode material in a supercapacitor. Using DC arc-discharge method, in which the anodic target of Ni-Mn mixture was evaporated in the methane atmosphere by a tungsten cathode. The prepared nanoparticles own a well-defined core/shell structure with average diameter of 50 nm. Encapsulated inside of the carbon shell, the core of the nanoparticles is composed of Mn₇C₃ and Ni. Owing to its catalytic effect, Ni promotes the growth of carbon shell which has the typical double-layer capacitance. Meanwhile Mn₇C₃ as the product of Mn-C reaction is able to provide pseudo-capacitance. The proportion of Ni-Mn in the nanoparticles consequently affects the overall electrochemical performance of the electrodes. The specific capacitance of the electrode increases with the promotion of Mn content (485.12 F/g). The results shows that the nanoparticles with more Ni have better cycle stability (303.57 F/g) and retain 70% of the initial capacitance after 1000 cycles.

Key words: (Mn7C3, Ni)@C core-shell nanoparticles, electrode material, arc-discharge method, supercapacitor

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TK01

WANG Ling-Ling, HUANG Hao, Ramon Alberto Paredes Camacho, WU Ai-Min, CAO Guo-Zhong. Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Core-shell (Mn₇C₃, Ni)@C Nanoparticles[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2017, 32(2): 135-140.

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Fig. 1 XRD patterns (a) and Raman spectra (b) of sample 1-3Note: Somple 1-3 is Mn:Ni=3:2, 1:1, 2:3, rerpectively

Table1 Data from Raman spectra of the core-shell (Mn7C3, Ni)@C nanoparticles

	D peak /cm^-1	G peak/cm^-1	I_D / I_G
Sample 1	1348	1577	0.22
Sample 2	1342	1576	0.27
Sample 3	1341	1565	0.60

Fig. 2 XPS spectra of sample 2 (Mn:Ni=1:1)

Fig. 3 HRTEM and TEM images of sample 1(a, b), sample 2(c, d), and sample 3(e, f)Note: Somple 1-3 is Mn:Ni=3:2, 1:1, 2:3, rerpectively

Table 2 Specific capacitance of the core-shell (Mn7C3, Ni)@C nanoparticles / (F·g-1)

v(mV·s^-1)	2	5	10
Sample 1	485.12	448.64	414.54
Sample 2	328.31	299.81	282.99
Sample 3	303.57	297.19	281.25

Fig. 4 CV curves of samples 1-3 at scanning rates of 2, 5, 10 mV/s(a-c), and DC curves of samples 1-3 at charge and discharge current densities of 2, 3, 5 A/g(d-f)Note: Somple 1-3 is Mn:Ni=3:2, 1:1, 2:3, rerpectively

Fig. 5 Cycle stability curves (a) and histograms of energy and power densities (b) of samples 1-3Note: Somple 1-3 is Mn:Ni=3:2, 1:1, 2:3, rerpectively

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