Surfactant Dependence of Nanostructured NiCo2S4 Films on Ni Foam for Superior Electrochemical Performance

doi:10.15541/jim20170181

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Nanostructured NiCo₂S₄ films on Ni foams were successfully synthesized through a facile method, involving hydrothermal growth of NiCo-precursor and subsequent sulfidation process of NiCo₂S₄. The influence of different surfactants were investigated, including morphology, phase structure and electrochemical performance of NiCo₂S₄ electrodes. With the addition of surfactants during the hydrothermal processes, the nanostructured NiCo₂S₄ self-organized and agglomerated into nanosheets, showing outstanding influence on the morphology by the surfactants. Among these electrodes, the NiCo₂S₄ electrode modified with SDS exhibited an optimal capacitance of 2893 F/g at 0.5 A/g, a superior rate capability of 1890.6 F/g even at 10 A/g, and good cycling stability of 96.1% over 1000 cycles. These results indicate that nanosheet NiCo₂S₄ would be promising electrode materials for supercapacitor applications.

Key words: nanostructured NiCo₂S₄, surfactants, hydrothermal, electrochemical performance

CLC Number:

TQ174

ZHANG Guo-Xiong, CHEN Yue-Mei, HE Zhen-Ni, LIN Chuan, CHEN Yi-Gang, GUO Hai-Bo. Surfactant Dependence of Nanostructured NiCo₂S₄ Films on Ni Foam for Superior Electrochemical Performance[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2018, 33(3): 289-294.

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Fig. 1 XRD patterns of different specimens(a) NiCo2S4-pure; (b) NiCo2S4-SDS; (c) NiCo2S4-PEG; (d) NiCo2S4-CTAB

Fig. 2 FESEM images of different NiCo2S4 and precusors(a) NiCo2S4-pure; (b) NiCo2S4-CTAB; (c) NiCo2S4-PEG; (d) NiCo2S4-SDS

Fig. 3 TEM images of different NiCo2S4(a) NiCo2S4-pure; (b) NiCo2S4-CTAB; (c) NiCo2S4-PEG; (d) NiCo2S4-SDS; (e) SAED patterns; (f) HRTEM image of NiCo2S4-SDS

Fig. 4 Nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm of the NiCo2S4-SDS specimens with inset showing the corresponding pore size distributions

Table 1 Specific surface area, average pore size and specific capacitance at current density of 1 A/g of different NiCo2S4 electrodes

Electrode	Specific surface area/(m²•g^-1)	Average pore size/nm	Specific capacitance/(F•g^-1)
NiCo₂S₄-pure	33.3	12.8	1056.7
NiCo₂S₄-CTAB	27.3	26.5	983.3
NiCo₂S₄-PEG	39.2	12.4	2155.5
NiCo₂S₄-SDS	53.3	14.7	2635.9

Fig. 5 Electrochemical properties of different NiCo2S4(a) CV curves at 5 mV/s; (b) Discharge curves at 0.5 A/g; (c) CV curves of NiCo2S4-SDS electrodes at 2 mV/s and 5-20 mV/s (insert); (d) Charge-discharge curves of NiCo2S4-SDS electrodes at 0.75-20 A/g

Fig. 6 Electrochemical properties of different NiCo2S4(a) The specific capacitance of NiCo2S4 electrodes at different current densities; (b) EIS of NiCo2S4 electrodes; (c) Cycling performance of NiCo2S4 electrodes at 5 A/g

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