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As a kind of electrode materials, zeolite imidazole frameworks have attracted extensive interest for supercapacitor in virtue of its high porosity, large specific surface area and structural diversity. Herein, a novel composite Zn–Ni–Se/Ni(OH)2 hierarchical microflower composed of looser and corrugated nanosheets has been successfully fabricated with coprecipitation and an uncomplicated two-step hydrothermal method utilizing zeolite imidazole frameworks-8 as precursor. The resultant Zn–Ni–Se/Ni(OH)2-based electrode exhibits markedly improved electrochemical properties with a specific capacitance of 1632.8 F g−1 at 2 A g−1 and superior cycling stability (85.4% of the initial retention after 2000 cycles at 6 A g−1), which are superior to those of Zn–Ni–Se and Ni(OH)2 electrodes. The enhanced performance of Zn–Ni–Se/Ni(OH)2 composite is attributed to the synergistic contributions from Zn–Ni–Se and Ni(OH)2 materials together with the superior properties of specific hierarchical microflower structure. This work provides a meaningful guidance for designing and preparing other composites with distinctive morphologies for pseudocapacitor application.
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This work was supported by the Sichuan Provincial College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (Grant No. S202010619008), the Longshan academic talent research supporting program of Southwest University of Science and Technology (Grant No. 18LZX322), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51602267) and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Laboratory of Micro-nanoparticle Application Research of Southwest University of Science and Technology (Grant No. 19MNA001).
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He, Q., Yang, T., Wang, X. et al. Metal–organic framework derived hierarchical zinc nickel selenide/nickel hydroxide microflower supported on nickel foam with enhanced electrochemical properties for supercapacitor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 3649–3660 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-05111-x
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