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Electrode Properties of Mn2O3 Nanospheres Synthesized by Combined SonochemicalSolvothermal Method for Use in Electrochemical Capacitors
Joint Authors
Prabaharan, S. R. S.
Nathan, Teressa
Cloke, Michael
Source
Issue
Vol. 2008, Issue 2008 (31 Dec. 2008), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2009-03-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Abstract EN
We report here an efficient single step combined sonochemical and solvothermal synthesis process to obtain bulk quantities of nanospherical particles of cubic Mn2O3 and characterized its pseudocapacitive characteristics in relevance to electrochemical capacitors for the first time.
It has been found that quantitative determination of specific capacitance yielded a value of capacitance of ∼100 Fg−1 within 0–0.4 V (versus SCE) potential range in a 6 M KOH alkaline electrolyte.
The as-prepared nanopowders after being subjected to heat treatment at 400C∘ were characterized by using XRD which shows a typical cubic single-phase structure (space group Ia-3), the broad crystalline peaks indicating the presence of explicit nanostructure.
Electron microscopic studies (FE-SEM and TEM) revealed that the synthesized powders exhibit nanospherical morphology with uniform sphere-like grains of ∼10–15 nm range.
Two heat-treated samples were studied in the context of crystallinity versus electrochemical capacitance using rate-dependent cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in a three-electrode system.
The excellent well-refined redox behavior corroborates with EIS measurements.
The presence of near symmetric redox couple observed in CV has been attributed to pronounced one-electron-transfer process owing to the presence of facile Mn redox centers facilitating the reversible one-electron transfer that accounts for its pseudocapacitance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nathan, Teressa& Cloke, Michael& Prabaharan, S. R. S.. 2009. Electrode Properties of Mn2O3 Nanospheres Synthesized by Combined SonochemicalSolvothermal Method for Use in Electrochemical Capacitors. Journal of Nanomaterials،Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nathan, Teressa…[et al.]. Electrode Properties of Mn2O3 Nanospheres Synthesized by Combined SonochemicalSolvothermal Method for Use in Electrochemical Capacitors. Journal of Nanomaterials No. 2008 (2008), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510537
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nathan, Teressa& Cloke, Michael& Prabaharan, S. R. S.. Electrode Properties of Mn2O3 Nanospheres Synthesized by Combined SonochemicalSolvothermal Method for Use in Electrochemical Capacitors. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2009. Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510537
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-510537