Amorphous Nickel Boride Deposited on Silicon Nanowires and Carbon Nanowall Templates for High-Performance Micro-supercapacitors
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Abstract Transition metal materials (TMs) show promise as active materials for energy storage applications due to their excellent conductivity and electrochemical activity. In this study, amorphous nickel boride (a-NiB) was deposited onto high surface area templates comprising carbon nanowalls (CNW) and silicon nanowires (SiNWs) using a simple, cost-effective electroless process, for use as electrodes in electrochemical capacitors (ECs). The electrochemical performance of the electrodes was found to be influenced by the type of template used for the a-NiB deposition. Areal capacitances of 204.4 mF·cm−2 and 165.7 mF·cm−2 at a scan rate of 5 mV·s−1 were measured for CNWs-NiB and SiNW-NiB electrodes, respectively. In addition, both types of electrode materials displayed excellent charging/discharging stability after 10,000 cycles. A solid-state symmetric EC assembled with a CNW-NiB electrode exhibited a high areal capacitance of 42 mF·cm−2 at a high current density of 12 mA·cm−2. The CNW-NiB-based ECs can also deliver a high energy density of 19.1 mWh·cm−2 at 0.64 W·cm−2 with charging/discharging stability over 10,000 consecutive cycles. Graphical Abstract
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