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• A high-performance nickel electrode integrated with Co and carbon dots (CD-Co/Ni(OH) 2) has been prepared by cathodic electrodeposition. • The introduction of Co greatly improves the stability of the Ni(OH) 2 electrode, particularly at high current density. • The CDs-Co/Ni(OH) 2 electrode presents a high specific capacitance and an excellent capacitance retention. • The Ni/Zn supercapattery assembled with a zinc flake as negative electrode and a CDs-Co/Ni(OH) 2 electrode as positive electrode exhibits high power density, high energy density and remarkable cycling stability. Nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH) 2) is one of the most valuable electrode materials for supercapacitors. Owing to the low stability and conductivity of Ni(OH) 2 electrode, the preparation of a fast and high-stability Ni(OH) 2 electrode is a significant challenge. Nickel hydroxide integrated with cobalt and carbon dots (CDs-Co/Ni(OH) 2) as a high performance electrode has been prepared by cathodic electrodeposition for supercapattery in this work. Compared with unintegrated Ni(OH) 2 electrode or carbon dots integrated Ni(OH) 2 electrode, the introduction of Co greatly improves the stability of the Ni(OH) 2 electrode, particularly at high current density. The as-obtained CDs-Co/Ni(OH) 2 electrode presents a high specific capacitance of 338.6 mAh/g at 5 A/g and an extraordinary cycling stability with 1000 cycles even under a high current density of 40 A/g (retaining 84.6%). Besides, the CDs-Co/Ni(OH) 2 electrode exhibits an energy density of 281.2 Wh/kg at a power density of 57.2 kW/kg. Such a glorious stable CDs-Co/Ni(OH) 2 electrode may provide significant insight into future multifarious electronics and electrified vehicle applications. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of aqueous solution Al-ion battery inspires much enthusiasm in developing a novel chemical power source. In this work, the electrochemical behavior of TiO 2 -NTAs electrode in Al 3+ aqueous solution with different acidity is evaluated. Electrochemical studies showed that both of H + and Al 3+ in aqueous solution are electrochemical active to TiO 2 -NTAs, however, H + is preferential to hydroxylate on the TiO 2 -NTAs surface rather than to intercalate in the TiO 2 -NTAs lattice as compared with Al 3+ under the assistance of Cl − . The surface hydroxylation of TiO 2 -NTAs can retard Al 3+ diffusion in the TiO 2 -NTAs lattice as evidenced by the increase of faradic resistance R F (by EIS) at initial cathodic polarization process, however, the subsequent decrease of R F is due to the conductance improvement of TiO 2 -NTAs with the Al 3+ intercalation. Here it can be concluded that for Al 3+ aqueous solution battery with TiO 2 -NTAs as electrode, the suitable acidity (pH≈3) is required to minimizing the effect of H + . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work, we successfully synthesized Ni(OH) 2 thin film electrode in situ doped with CNTs/rGO by cathodic electrodeposition on titanium mesh. The doping effects of CNTs and/or rGO, and the technical conditions, are investigated. The doping of CNTs/rGO can greatly improve the electrochemical performance by forming the porous structure and the conductive network in the Ni(OH) 2 thin film. The highest capacity, 429.5 mAh/g at a current density of 5 A/g, is achieved for the electrode with 0.24 mg/cm2 Ni(OH) 2 and codoped with CNTs and rGO, as compared with only 323.9 mAh/g for undoped electrode. Even at 100 A/g, the specific capacity can still remain 347.5 mAh/g (vs. 221.5 mAh/g for the undoped electrode), and after 1000 cycles, the retention rate of the specific capacity is 74.9% as compared with only 42.7% for the undoped electrode. Even with higher loading amounts of 1.92 mg/cm2 Ni(OH) 2 , the specific capacity retention rate of the codoped electrode is still much higher than that of the undoped electrode. The high electrochemical performance can be attributed to the better ion/electron transfer ability of the codoped electrode. In conclusion, by the cathodic electrodeposition and in situ doping of CNTs/rGO, the porous structure and the conductive network in Ni(OH) 2 film can be constructed, which can improve the ion/electron transfer ability, therefore, the high performance film electrode with higher loading amount of Ni(OH) 2 can be prepared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]