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Efficient NiO/RGO combination for high-cycling-stability supercapacitors by an alkaline hydrothermal strategy

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In this paper, NiO/reduced graphene oxide (NiO/RGO) composites were synthesized, and the strong bonding between NiO and RGO stemmed from alkaline hydrothermal treatment and calcination in air. NiO nanoparticles were coated on RGO to avoid volume expansion during electrochemical processes. Due to the high electron transfer rate of RGO and the effective bonding of NiO nanoparticles to RGO, the NiO/RGO composites show a high specific capacity of 68.9 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1 and an excellent cycling stability of 86.7% after 1000 cycles at 1 A g−1. In general, this work offers an attractive route to synthesize NiO/RGO composites.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (China) (Grant Nos. 52176076, 51676103), Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province (China) (Grant No. ts20190937), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (China) (No. ZR2021QE007), and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Intelligent Green Manufacturing Technology and Equipment, Shandong (China) (No. IGCD-2020-010).

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Gao, JS., Lian, T., Liu, Z. et al. Efficient NiO/RGO combination for high-cycling-stability supercapacitors by an alkaline hydrothermal strategy. J Appl Electrochem 52, 1045–1052 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-022-01694-x

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