Nanostructures and capacitive characteristics of hydrous manganese oxide prepared by electrochemical deposition

Amorphous manganese oxide deposits with nanostructures (denoted as a-MnO x .nH 2 O) were electrochemically deposited onto graphite substrates from 0.16 M MnSO 4 .5H 2 O with pH 5.6 by means of the potentiostatic, galvanostatic, and potentiodynamic techniques. The maximum specific capacitance of a-MnO x .nH 2 O deposits plated in different modes, measured from cyclic voltammetry at 25 mV s -1 , is about 230 F g -1 in a potential window of 1.0 V. The high electrochemical reversibility, high-power characteristics, good stability, and improved frequency responses in 0.1 M Na 2 SO 4 for these nanostructured a-MnO x .nH 2 O deposits prepared by electrochemical methods demonstrate their promising potential in the application to electrochemical supercapacitors. The nanostructure of a-MnO x .nH 2 O, clearly observed by means of a scanning electron microscope, was found to depend strongly on the deposition mode. The similar capacitive performance of all deposits prepared in different modes was attributable to their nonstoichiometric nature with a very similar oxidation state, demonstrated by XPS spectra.

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