Synthesis and Characterization of Iron- Cobalt Oxide imbedded PANI Composite for Supercapacitors

Abstract

Nanostructured Iron cobalt oxide composite with polymer PANI has been established as a promising electrode material due to synergistic enhancement effect. Iron cobalt oxide was synthesized by using a facile hydrothermal route followed by annealing and further in situ polymerization of PANI to make their composite. For comparison pure PANI was also synthesized by the same method. The synthesized samples were characterized by versatile techniques such as XRD; for structural analysis, SEM for morphological analysis; Galvanostatic charge discharge; CV and GCD for electrochemical studies. These tests affirmed the developed iron cobalt oxide nanoparticles composite with PANI for supercapacitors. The composite exhibits the specific capacitance of 1283.5 Fg-1 at 2 Ag-1.