Electrochemical Investigation of Magnesium-Doped Copper Ferrite Nanostructures for Asymmetric Supercapacitor Applications

Maruthamuthu, S (2024) Electrochemical Investigation of Magnesium-Doped Copper Ferrite Nanostructures for Asymmetric Supercapacitor Applications. Journal of Electronic Materials. ISSN 0361-5235

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Abstract

In this study, the synthesis of magnesium-doped copper ferrite, namely CuxMg1−xFe2O4 (x = 1, 0.9, 0.7, and 0.5), is achieved using a facile microwave route, and the cubic crystalline structure, functional group, and nanostructured materials are discussed. The electrochemical studies of the magnesium-doped copper ferrite (MCF) are carried out by assembling a three-electrode conventional electrochemical cell with MCF samples as working electrode, a platinum wire as counter electrode, a silver (Ag)/silver chloride (AgCl) as reference electrode, and 2 M KOH aqueous solution as electrolyte. The study of the electrochemical performance of Mg-doped and undoped copper ferrite electrodes reveals that they show battery-type behavior with the transfer of two electrons (Mg to Mg2+) in 2 M KOH electrolyte in the potential window of 0.45 V to 0.35 V. Further, un-oxidized MgO oxidizes, leading to a quasi-conversion reaction. Additionally, the electrode (MCF) exhibits a greater specific capacity of 737.5 F g−1 at 1 A g−1. It is found that the MCF3 electrode retains 70% of its initial capacitance, which is higher than the CF electrode (33%), after 4000 continuous galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD) cycles. An asymmetric supercapacitor cell is fabricated using MCF as the positive electrode, activated carbon (AC) as the negative electrode, 2 M KOH as the electrolyte, and polypropylene as the separator. The fabricated MCF//AC supercapacitor yields maximum specific energy of 62.61 W h kg−1 at specific power of 1168 W kg−1. These electrochemical features suggest that MCF is a feasible candidate material for developing supercapacitor electrodes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Asymmetric supercapacitor; Asymmetric type supercapacitor; Asymmetric types; Combustion pro-cess; Copper ferrites; Electrochemical features; Electrochemical investigations; IR drop; Microwave combustion process; Supercapacitor application
Subjects: D Electrical and Electronics Engineering > Supercapacitor
G Chemistry > Electrolytes,electrolyte solutions
G Chemistry > Electrochemistry
Divisions: Physics
Depositing User: Users 5 not found.
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2024 08:11
Last Modified: 16 Sep 2024 06:10
URI: https://ir.psgitech.ac.in/id/eprint/918

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