Issue 44, 2022

A hybrid GaN/Ga2O3 structure anchored on carbon cloth as a high-performance electrode of supercapacitors

Abstract

A hybrid structure of GaN/Ga2O3 microrods was fabricated on carbon cloth (CC) using a hydrothermal process combined with a high-temperature nitridation followed by an air annealing process. By elevating the post-annealing temperature to 500 °C, both electron density (ND) and specific capacitance (Ca) of the composite electrode were significantly enhanced. Symmetric SCs assembled with GaN/CC-500 showed great potential in both 1 M H2SO4 aqueous solution and a PVA–H2SO4 gel-like electrolyte. The aqueous symmetric GaN/CC-500 SC exhibited an excellent capacitance (1301.20 mF cm−2, 0.5 mA cm−2), high rate capability (75.23% of capacitance retention at 10 mA cm−2), outstanding cycling stability (77.27% of capacitance retention after 20 000 cycles, 10 mA cm−2), and large energy storage capability (27.53 μW h cm−2 of energy density, 0.10 mW cm−2 of power density). All-solid-state symmetric GaN/CC-500 SC also manifested a high capacitance (1183.35 mF cm−2, 0.5 mA cm−2) and good rate capability (53.98% capacitance retention, 10 mA cm−2). The high electrochemical performance of the GaN/CC-500 electrode is attributed to the GaN/Ga2O3 hybrid structure, with α-Ga2O3 providing absorption/redox active sites on the surface, and the heavily oxygen-doped GaN enabling fast electron transport. The microrods with the GaN/Ga2O3 hybrid structure as the active material for solid SCs can deliver an energy density of 0.58 W h kg−1 (3.54 mW h cm−3) with a power density of 154 W kg−1 (0.94 W cm−3). The mechanism identified in this work would be helpful in designing GaN-based energy storage devices with better performances in the future.

Graphical abstract: A hybrid GaN/Ga2O3 structure anchored on carbon cloth as a high-performance electrode of supercapacitors

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Sep 2022
Accepted
19 Oct 2022
First published
21 Oct 2022

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 16945-16956

A hybrid GaN/Ga2O3 structure anchored on carbon cloth as a high-performance electrode of supercapacitors

Y. Hu, Z. Wang, R. Yuan, Z. Xu, Y. Dai, B. Wang, Y. Fu, M. Ye, Y. Yang, Z. Zou and C. Jiang, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 16945 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02904A

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