A review on Co3O4 nanostructures as the electrodes of supercapacitors

Samatha Kelathaya; Raghavendra Sagar

doi:10.59400/mea.v2i1.111

Samatha Kelathaya Department of Physics, Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE), Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Karnataka 574225, India
Raghavendra Sagar Department of Physics, Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE), Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Karnataka 574225, India

Ariticle ID: 111

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v2i1.111

Keywords: cobalt oxide; morphological structure; specific capacitance; energy density; power density

Abstract

Usage of supercapacitors in energy storage applications has now become a new trend due to their auspicious features. The introduction of pseudocapacitance has increased its weightage to be used in a greater number of practical applications. Electrodes are the major constituents of a supercapacitor, based on which the electrochemical performance of the supercapacitor is decided. Among the varieties of electrode materials available, transition metal oxides are the most suitable ones to fulfill the required criteria. Due to the occurrence of faradic redox reactions on the surface of electrodes, the selection of efficient and favorable electrode material plays a major role. Co₃O₄ (cobalt (III) oxide) is one of the most desirable electrode materials due to its various peculiar features. This paper reviews briefly several factors of Co₃O₄ as electrode material in supercapacitor applications. It includes comparative discussions towards different synthesize methodologies and the influence of its dimensional morphology on the electrochemical outputs like specific capacitance, energy density, and power density.

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