Abstract:
Graphene oxide (rGO) has become a leader in supercapacitors with a wide specific surface area (SSA) (2630 m
2/g), high electrical conductivity and chemical stability, and excellent mechanical, thermal and optical properties. However, rGO itself has poor electrical conductivity, so in this paper, rGO is combined with Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 to improve its performance. This paper was successfully synthesized different mass ratios of rGO and Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 by a simple hydrothermal method. The microstructure was characterized by XRD, SEM, HRTEM, EDS. The electrode is made by using foamed nickel as the substrate, polyvinylidene chlorofluoride as the binder, and N-methyl pyrrolidone as the auxiliary agent. The electrochemical performance was tested on a three-electrode electrochemical workstation with KOH as the electrolyte. The experimental results show that all samples exhibit hexagonal system structure with good crystallization, the morphologies are flower-like microsphere shape with a certain degree of agglomeration. The surface of Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 nanoparticles is wrapped by a layer of rGO like yarn. rGO/Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 nanocomposite exhibits pseudo-capacitance behavior and excellent electrochemical performance, especially the Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 electrode (30wt% rGO content) exhibits the largest specific capacitance and smallest impedance, and the Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 electrode (30wt% rGO content) electrode reduced from 1377.00 F·g
−1 to 1307.87 F·g
−1 after 3000 cycles at a current density of 5 A·g
−1, the coulombic efficiency is 95%, which may be due to the Coupling effect between Mo
0.7Co
0.3S
2 and rGO.