Recent studies have indicated that ternary and quaternary
metal
oxides are efficient electrode materials for supercapacitors, owing
to synergism between multiple metal ions. Herein, we report quaternary
composite (QC) electrodes with hybrid nanostructures, consisting of
Ag
x
O nanostructures sputter deposited
over flower-like copper–manganese–cobalt oxide (CMC)
nanostructures. Ag
x
O nanostructures were
deposited using a DC magnetron sputtering system at different plasma
powers. The morphology of the QC electrodes and the relative abundance
of different oxidation states of Ag vary with plasma power, which
affects the electrochemical performance of the electrodes. QC electrodes
fabricated at 45 W plasma power had well-defined Ag
x
O nanodots on partially exposed CMC nanoflowers, which outperformed
the QC electrodes with other morphologies, as well as ternary metal
oxide and Ag
x
O-based electrodes. A specific
capacitance of 2136 F/g at a scan rate of 1 mV/s was obtained with
the outperformed electrode. The solid-state symmetric supercapacitor
assembled with the best-performed electrodes delivered an energy density
of 98.16 W h kg–1 at a power density of 3000 W kg–1.