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Vol. 6 No. 4 (2014)

Cuprous Chloride Nanocubes Grown on Copper Foil for Pseudocapacitor Electrodes

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-014-0007-3
Bosi Yin
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, People’s Republic of China
Siwen Zhang
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, People’s Republic of China
Xin Zheng
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, People’s Republic of China
Fengyu Qu
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, People’s Republic of China
Xiang Wu
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xiang Wu

wuxiang@hrbnu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 6 No. 4 (2014), Article Number: 340-346

Abstract

In this paper, for the first time, we report the synthesis of nanoscale cuprous chloride (CuCl) cubic structure by a facile hydrothermal route. A possible mechanism for the growth of those nanostructures is proposed based on the experimental results. It is discovered that the existence of HCl could affect the surface of CuCl nanocubes. This unique cube-like nanostructure with rough surface significantly enhances the electroactive surface areas of CuCl, leading to a high special capacitance of 376 mF cm−2 at the current density of 1.0 mA cm−2. There is still a good reversibility with cycling efficiency of 88.8 % after 2,000 cycles, demonstrating its excellent long-term cycling stability and might be the promising candidates as the excellent electrode material.

Keywords

Cuprous chloride Nanocubes Electrochemistry Supercapacitor
Yin, Bosi, Siwen Zhang, Xin Zheng, Fengyu Qu, and Xiang Wu. 2014. “Cuprous Chloride Nanocubes Grown on Copper Foil for Pseudocapacitor Electrodes”. Nano-Micro Letters 6 (4):340-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-014-0007-3.
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