Hierarchical Mn2O3 microspheres in-situ coated with carbon for supercapacitors with highly enhanced performances

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Abstract

Porous Mn2O3 microspheres have been synthesized and in-situ coated with amorphous carbon to form hierarchical C@Mn2O3 microspheres by first producing MnCO3 microspheres in solvothermal reactions, and then annealing at 500 °C. The self-assembly growth of MnCO3 microspheres can generate hollow structures inside each of the particles, which can act as micro-reservoirs to store biomass-glycerol for generating amorphous carbon onto the surfaces of Mn2O3 nanorods consisting of microspheres. The C@Mn2O3 microspheres, prepared at 500 °C, exhibit highly enhanced pseudocapacitive performances when compared to the particles after annealed at 400 °C and 600 °C. Specifically, the C@Mn2O3 microspheres prepared at 500 °C show high specific capacitances of 383.87 F g-1 at current density of 0.5 A g-1, and excellent cycling stability of 90.47% of its initial value after cycling for 5000 times. The asymmetric supercapacitors assembled with C@Mn2O3 microspheres after annealed at 500 °C and activated carbon (AC) show an energy density of up to 77.8 Wh kg-1 at power density of 500.00 W kg-1, and a maximum power density of 20.14 kW kg-1 at energy density of 46.8 Wh kg-1. We can attribute the enhanced electrochemical performances of the materials to their three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical structure in-situ coated with carbon.

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Gong, F., Lu, S., Peng, L., Zhou, J., Kong, J., Jia, D., & Li, F. (2017). Hierarchical Mn2O3 microspheres in-situ coated with carbon for supercapacitors with highly enhanced performances. Nanomaterials, 7(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7120409

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