Abstract:
Nickel-cobalt metal-organic framework(Ni-Co-MOF)/graphene oxide(GO) precursors were prepared by solvothermal synthesis with mass ratios of nickel and cobalt metal salts to GO of 1:0.05, 1:0.07, and 1:0.09, respectively, and then were ultrasonically sprayed on the heated nickel foam substrate to obtain NiCo
2O
4/reduced graphene oxide(rGO) composite electrode materials. The microstructure and electrochemical properties of the composites were studied. The results show that the NiCo
2O
4/rGO composite was composed of wrinkled graphene and NiCo
2O
4 nanoparticles uniformly distributed on graphene surface. When the mass ratio of salt to GO was 1:0.07, the composite had a high specific capacitance of 991 F·g
-1 at a current density of 2 A·g
-1; after 30 000 cycles of charge and discharge at a current density of 20 A·g
-1, the initial capacitance retention was still as high as 126%. The assembled NiCo
2O
4/rGO//AC asymmetric supercapacitor had an energy density of 41 W·h·kg
-1 at a power density of 1 604 W·kg
-1, and achieved capacitance retention greater than 100% after 25 000 charge/discharge cycles, showing an ultra-long cycle life.