Dual-functional enhancement of V2O5 electrodes via CuO redox mediation and rGO conductivity networks for advanced supercapacitors
摘要
The supercapacitor performance enhancement of vanadium oxide (V2O5) nanostructures through the incorporation of CuO and reduced graphene oxide (rGO), as the redox-active component and conductive additives, respectively, was reported in this work. The CuO incorporated V2O5 (CuO/V2O5) nanocomposites (NCs) and rGO-supported CuO/V2O5 (CuO/V2O5/rGO) NCs were successfully synthesized using an ultrasonication-assisted method. Their structural, morphological, and vibrational properties were systematically investigated using various characterization techniques. For electrochemical evaluation, working electrodes and asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) were fabricated using the prepared CuO/V2O5 and CuO/V2O5/rGO NCs via the Doctor Blade technique and analyzed in a 1 M KOH electrolyte. The CuO/V2O5 and CuO/V2O5/rGO electrodes delivered high specific capacitance values of 740 and 1734 F g−1 at 5 mV s−1, and 567 and 1440 F g−1 at 0.5 A g−1, respectively. In terms of device performance, the assembled ASCs based on CuO/V2O5 and CuO/V2O5/rGO NCs exhibited the outstanding energy densities of 3.8 and 9.93 Wh kg−1 and power densities of 500 and 650 W kg−1, respectively. Furthermore, the CuO/V2O5/rGO ASC demonstrated superior cycling stability with 88.31% of its initial capacitance after 5000 galvanostatic charge discharge (GCD) cycles, compared to CuO/V2O5 ASC (78.43%). The performance enrichment was ascribed to the synergistic redox interaction between CuO and V2O5, along with the improved electrical conductivity and charge transport provided by rGO nanosheets. This study demonstrated that the incorporation of secondary metal oxides and carbonaceous materials into vanadium oxide based electrode systems was an effective strategy for developing high-performance supercapacitors.