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Electrochemical performance of lanthanum cerium ferrite nanoparticles for supercapacitor applications

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Lanthanum cerium ferrite nanoparticles has been synthesized for the first time via hydrothermal and co-precipitation method. The structural and morphological study of the nanoparticles have been examined using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The electrochemical study of J1 and J2 electrodes have been examined using three electrode system in 6 M KOH electrolyte using cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charging-discharging (GCD) and electrochemical impendence spectroscopy (EIS). The highest specific capacitance of 1195 F/g has been obtained at a scan rate of 10 mV/s from hydrothermal synthesis nanomaterial electrode (J2) and long cycling life 92.3% retention after 2000th cycles. Furthermore, the energy density and power density of the J2 electrode at a current density of 5 A/g was 59 Wh/kg and 9234 W/kg, respectively. Hence, the fabricated J2 electrode is a favorable candidate for super-capacitor applications.

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The author (Dr. Ghulam Nabi) acknowledge the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, for providing funding under NRPU Research Project Nos. 6502 and 6510.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat, 50700, Pakistan

    Waseem Raza, Ghulam Nabi & Nafisa Malik

  2. Research Centre of Materials Science, School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People’s Republic of China

    Ghulam Nabi

  3. Catalysis and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan

    Asim Shahzad

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat, 50700, Pakistan

    Nadeem Raza

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WR: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation and performed the whole experiments also wrote the manuscript. GN: Supervision, Resources. AS: Writing—review & editing, Data curation. NM: Writing—review & editing. NR: Discussed the characterizations and reviewed the manuscript. The authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Raza, W., Nabi, G., Shahzad, A. et al. Electrochemical performance of lanthanum cerium ferrite nanoparticles for supercapacitor applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 7443–7454 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05457-w

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