Synthesis and characterisation of up-scalable layered double hydroxides for energy storage application

Abstract

The development of cost-effective and scalable synthetic methods is of paramount importance to achieve industrial application of energy conversion and storage devices based on layered double hydroxides (LDH). Herein, we synthesized NiCo-LDH nanosheets via a simple up scalable co-precipitation method at relatively low temperature. Moreover, we used several characterization techniques to unveil the unique properties of the novel NiCo-LDH among which XRD, EDS, XPS and FT-IR. Consequently, we further investigated NiCo-LDH nanosheets using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to evaluate the electroactivity of the as-synthesized NiCo-LDH for energy storage in supercapacitor. Overall, the electrochemical test of the as-synthesized NiCo-LDH revealed remarkable performance exhibiting a specific capacitance as high as 2,140 Fg-1 (5 mV/s).