Fabrication of binder-free nickel-manganese phosphate battery-type electrode by microwave-assisted hydrothermal technique

Gerard, Ong and Numan, Arshid and Khalid, Mohammad and Ramesh, Subramaniam and Ramesh, Kasi (2023) Fabrication of binder-free nickel-manganese phosphate battery-type electrode by microwave-assisted hydrothermal technique. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 941. ISSN 0925-8388, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.168878.

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Abstract

A high-performing electrochemical binder-free nickel-manganese phosphate (NMP) battery-type electrode was successfully fabricated by the microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. The NMP was directly deposited on the nickel foam surface without a binder. Design of Experiment (DoE) was used to optimize the synthesis parameters for the NMP electrode that achieved the highest specific capacity at 90 degrees C, synthesis duration of 5 min, and Ni:Mn precursor ratio of 1:3. A percentage error of less than 10 % between the predicted and experimental specific capacity values was obtained, declaring that the obtained specific capacity of the optimized NMP (Ni-Mn3-P) binder-free electrode was in the 90 % confidence interval. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were utilized to determine the morphology, elemental composition, chemical state, chemical bonding, and crystallinity of the Ni-Mn3-P electrode, respectively. Based on the galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) analysis, the Ni-Mn3-P binder-free electrode had a higher specific capacity of 1500.0 C/g at 3 A/g current density compared to single metal phosphate electrodes (Ni-P and Mn-P). Moreover, the Ni-Mn3-P electrode also exhibited the highest capacity retention and lowest charge transfer resistance. These results suggest that the binder-free Ni-Mn3-P electrode is a potential candidate for energy storage devices. (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Sunway University (Grant No: STR-RMF-MRU-001-2019), Elasticities Research Cluster (Grant No: STR-RCGS-E_CITIES [S] -004-2021)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Binder-free electrode; Nickel-manganese phosphate; Optimization; Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: Ms Zaharah Ramly
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2023 01:38
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2023 01:38
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/38771

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