Open AccessEthylene glycol‐mediated direct synthesis of nanostructured nickel oxide–carbon composite material on nickel foam and its electrochemical property
Author(s) -
Lv Sa,
Wang Chao,
Yang Xiaotian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2013.0082
Subject(s) - nickel , materials science , composite number , ethylene glycol , electrochemistry , nickel oxide , carbon fibers , chemical engineering , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , electrode , engineering
A convenient ethylene glycol (EG)‐mediated one‐pot solvothermal route was designed for direct synthesis of nanostructured nickel oxide–carbon composite material on nickel foam. EG was employed as solvent, complex agent and carbon source. Furthermore, cyclic voltammetry and constant current charge–discharge measurements confirmed that the composite material electrode displayed good electrochemical activity with a maximum specific capacitance of 539 F g − 1 at a current density of 0.25 A g − 1 .