Journal
CHEMISTRYSELECT
Volume 3, Issue 30, Pages 8713-8723Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201801950
Keywords
Carbon-quantum dot; Green synthesis; MnO2; Symmetric supercapacitor; Waste milk
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- CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India [111424]
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Goverment of India
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Goverment of India [PDF/2016/002815]
- SERB, Government of India [EMR/2016/001305]
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We report here synthesis of nanostructured MnO2 by using carbon-quantum dot (CQD) as reducing agent which is obtained by environmentally benign approach from waste material. The obtained carbon quantum dot-MnO2 nanohybrid is characterized by various analytical techniques. The spectral studies reveal the characteristic absorption/emission features of nanostructured CQD-MnO2. The X-ray-diffraction and microscopic analysis indicate that the synthesized CQD-MnO2 is crystalline in nature with the grain size in the range of 250 300 nm. Electrochemical studies reveals that the carbon quantum dot-MnO2 nanohybrid electrode exhibits a high specific capacitance of 189 F g(-1) at 0.14 A g(-1) with an excellent stability over 1200 charge-discharge cycles. The excellent electrochemical performance is attributed to the large surface area and high conductivity due to the presence of conductive nanonetwork of the CQD in the carbon quantum dot-MnO2 matrix. The symmetric supercapacitor (CQD-MnO2 vertical bar Na2SO4 vertical bar CQD-MnO2 ) constructed using the carbon quantum dot-MnO(2 )electrodes delivers high energy and power densities with a wide operating potential window of 0 - 1.6 V.
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