<p>Recent advances in ternary metal sulfide nanostructures have highlighted their immense potential for outstanding-performance energy storage, due to their tunable morphologies, narrow bandgaps, and superior redox activity. Among these, CuCo<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> has emerged as a promising candidate; however, its practical application has been hindered by limitations in structural stability and electrochemical efficiency. Herein, we report a facile synthesis of CuCo<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles featuring a unique aloe vera-like architecture, engineered to enhance charge transport and active site accessibility. The obtained CuCo<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles delivers a remarkable specific capacitance of 864.4 F g<sup>−1</sup> and maintains 89% capacitance retention over 5000 cycles, underscoring its prolonged cyclic stability. To evaluate its practical applicability, an solid-state electrochemical capacitor with an asymmetric design&#xa0;was assembled, achieving a high specific capacitance of 48.4 F g<sup>−1</sup>, an energy density of 66.1 Whkg<sup>−1</sup>, and a power density of 1445 W kg<sup>−1</sup>, with 94% retention after 10,000 cycles. The enhanced electrochemical performance is associated to cobalt-induced surface activation and the introduction of oxygen vacancies, along with the synergistic effects of copper and cobalt within a highly accessible nanostructured framework. This work not only establishes aloe vera-inspired CuCo<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> nanostructures as efficient electrodes for advanced supercapacitors but also opens new avenues for bio-inspired materials design in next-generation energy storage technologies.</p> Graphical abstract <p></p>

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Design of aloe vera-shaped spinel copper cobalt sulfide nanostructures for advanced asymmetric supercapacitor applications

  • Ranjith Balu,
  • Gautham Devendrapandi,
  • Mangalaraja Ramalinga Viswanathan,
  • Saravanan Pandiaraj,
  • Vasudeva Reddy Minnam Reddy,
  • Jagadeesh Kumar Alagarasan,
  • P. C. Karthika,
  • S. Prabhavathy,
  • Khalid E. Alzahrani

摘要

Recent advances in ternary metal sulfide nanostructures have highlighted their immense potential for outstanding-performance energy storage, due to their tunable morphologies, narrow bandgaps, and superior redox activity. Among these, CuCo2S4 has emerged as a promising candidate; however, its practical application has been hindered by limitations in structural stability and electrochemical efficiency. Herein, we report a facile synthesis of CuCo2S4 nanoparticles featuring a unique aloe vera-like architecture, engineered to enhance charge transport and active site accessibility. The obtained CuCo2S4 nanoparticles delivers a remarkable specific capacitance of 864.4 F g−1 and maintains 89% capacitance retention over 5000 cycles, underscoring its prolonged cyclic stability. To evaluate its practical applicability, an solid-state electrochemical capacitor with an asymmetric design was assembled, achieving a high specific capacitance of 48.4 F g−1, an energy density of 66.1 Whkg−1, and a power density of 1445 W kg−1, with 94% retention after 10,000 cycles. The enhanced electrochemical performance is associated to cobalt-induced surface activation and the introduction of oxygen vacancies, along with the synergistic effects of copper and cobalt within a highly accessible nanostructured framework. This work not only establishes aloe vera-inspired CuCo2S4 nanostructures as efficient electrodes for advanced supercapacitors but also opens new avenues for bio-inspired materials design in next-generation energy storage technologies.

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