Ni-Co layered double hydroxide on carbon nanorods and graphene nanoribbons derived from MOFs for supercapacitors

• Published in: Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 47; no. 26; pp. 876 - 8715
• Main Authors: Jin, Hongxing, Yuan, Daqing, Zhu, Shengyun, Zhu, Xiaohong, Zhu, Jiliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Carbon; Composite materials; Cycles; Flux density; Graphene; Hydroxides; Metal-organic frameworks; Nanoribbons; Nanorods; Nickel; Retention; Stability; Supercapacitors
• ISSN: 1477-9226; 1477-9234
• DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01882k

In this study, carbon nanorods (CNR) and graphene nanoribbons (GNR) derived from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were first prepared by solvothermal method. Then, Ni-Co layered double hydroxide (LDH)/CNR and LDH/GNR composite materials for supercapacitors were synthesized using a facile co-precipitation method. With the help of GNR, the Ni-Co LDH/GNR composite material showed great specific capacity (1765 F g −1 ), rate performance (68% capacity retention when current density increased from 1 to 20 A g −1 ) and cycling stability (83% capacity retention after 2000 charge-discharge cycles at 5 A g −1 ). Furthermore, an asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) with Ni-Co LDH/GNR as positive and activated carbon (AC) as negative electrodes was fabricated. The ASC device delivered a high energy density of 25.4 W h kg −1 at power density of 749 W kg −1 and exhibited excellent cycling stability (96% specific capacity retention after 5000 cycles). In this study, carbon nanorods (CNR) and graphene nanoribbons (GNR) derived from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were first prepared by solvothermal method.