Supporting information

New Class of Trimetallic Oxide Hierarchical Mesoporous Array on Woven

Fabric: Electrode for high-Performance and Stable battery type

Ultracapacitor

S. Thakur1†, S. Maiti2†, K. Sardar1, N. Besra3, P. Bairi3, K. Panigrahi1, K. Chanda3, T. Paul1 and K.K.

Chattopadhyay1, 3, *
1
School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
2
St. Thomas College of Engineering & Technology, Kolkata 700023, India
3
Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India

*Corresponding author E-mail: kalyan_chattopadhyay@yahoo.com

Characterizations:

Morphology of the synthesized nanoforms was examined using field emission scanning

electron microscope (FESEM, Hitachi S-4800). Crystallinity and phase purity of the synthesized

artefacts were examined by XRD and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (JEOL

JEM-2100). Surface elemental compositional analysis was investigated by x-ray photoelectron

spectroscopy (XPS) using a SPECS HSA-3500 hemispherical analyzer with a monochromatic Mg

Kα x-ray source. Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area of the nanoform was measured with

Quantachrome NovaWin2 Instrument.

(† indicates equal contribution)

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Figure S1: BET surface area comparison and Pore ditribution of all the samples.

Figure S2: Schematic of nanostructural evolution over carbon cloth.

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Figure S3: XPS survey scan of CNCo.

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Figure S4: Elemental mapping of constitutent element of CNCo on single carbon string.

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 Figure S5: CV curves for (a) Co (b) NCo at different scan rates.

Figure S6:(a) Voltammetric charge (Q) vs inverse square root of scan rate; (b) inverse voltammetric charge

(Q-1) vs square root of scan rate of all the samples.

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Figure S7: Variation of specific capacitance with current density

Figure S8: Mott Schottky plot of the CNCo.

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Details of Mott-Schottky measurements and Calculations:

Mott Schottky measurements were performed using the AC electrochemical impedance method

using an AC amplitude of 10mV at an applied frequency of 2.5 kHz on PGSTAT302N Autolab

Instrument. The space-charge capacitance C vary with the applied potential V by the Mott-Schottky

equation:

1 2 kT
C
2 = 2
ε ε0 e A N A
(V-Vfb-
e
)

Where the symbols have their usual meanings. The plot of C-2 vs V yields a straight line from which

1
)d( 1
the acceptor density NA can be obtained from the inverse of the slope ( C2 ) of 2 vs V curve.
C
dV

So, from figure S7 we clearly apprehend that the slope CNCO curve is lower than NCO curve,

which yields the larger value of N A which in turn reflects in their electrochemical storage property.

Using the Mott-Schottky equation, the flat band potential is determined from the intercept with the

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x-axis on the linear plot of 2 vs V curve. Flat band potential V fb obtained for CNCo is -1.1V and
C

for NCo is -1.3V.

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Figure S9: CV curves of the device different scan rates.

Figure S10: Comparison of specific capacitance

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Table S1: Electrochemical performance comparison of various symmetric supercapacitor devices.

Specific Energy Specific Power

Electrode Materials Electrolyte Ref.
(Whkg-1) (KWKg-1)

3D Graphene-MnO2 6.8 0.062 0.5 M Na2SO4 1

MoS2/Carbon Cloth 5.42 0.13 LiCl-PVA Gel 2

NiS 9.3 0.67 PVA-LiClO4 3

rGO-PMo12 17.20 0.13 H2SO4/PVA 4

2D Co3O4@MnO2 48.25 0.629 PVA-KOH 5

NiCo2O4 on Carbon Cloth 38.3 0.396 3 M KOH 6

NaOH asssited CuCo2O4 14 1.985 0.2 M KOH 7

HLPBC(0.1g)/NiCo2O4//AC 14.9 5.346 2 M KOH 8

CuCo2O4/CuO//RGO/Fe2O3 9.1 8 2 M KOH 9

Zn−Ni−Co Ternary Oxide 19.1 0.938 6 M KOH 10

Ni0.5Cu0.5Co2O4 31.6 3.5 PVA-KOH 11

Cu-Ni-Co based
39 0.45 3 M KOH This
quaternary oxide nanowire
Work
Arrays on Carbon Cloth

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