As highly efficient electrochemical
energy storage devices are
in indispensable demand for numerous modern-day technologies, herein
sluggish precipitation followed by an anion exchange procedure has
been developed to synthesize an oxide-selenide mixed phase (Mn3O4/NiSe2–MnSe2) novel
electrode material with high surface area and porosity for high-performance
all-solid-state hybrid pseudocapacitors (ASSHPC). Mn3O4/NiSe2–MnSe2 shows a rich Tyndall
effect (in H2O) and possesses randomly arranged low-dimensional
crystallites of nearly similar size and uniform shape. The electrochemical
analyses of Mn3O4/NiSe2–MnSe2 corroborate good electrochemical reversibility during charge
transfer, superior pseudocapacitive charge-storage efficiency, and
very low charge transfer and series resistance, ion-diffusion resistance,
and relaxation time, which endorse the quick pseudocapacitive response
of the material. The Mn3O4/NiSe2–MnSe2||N-rGO ASSHPC device demonstrates excellent charge-storage
physiognomies suggestive of rich electrochemical and electromicrostructural
compatibility between the electrode materials in the fabricated assembly.
The Mn3O4/NiSe2–MnSe2||N-rGO ASSHPC device delivers high mass and area specific capacitance/capacity,
very low charge-transfer resistance (∼0.74 Ω), total
series resistance (∼0.76 Ω), diffusion resistance, and
a relaxation time constant, which endorse the quick pseudocapacitive
response of the device. The device delivers higher energy and power
density (∼34 W h kg–1 at ∼2994 W kg–1), rate efficiency (∼17 W h kg–1 at ∼11,995 W kg–1), and cyclic performance
(∼97.2% specific capacity/capacitance retention after 9500
continuous GCD cycles). The superior Ragone and cyclic efficiencies
of the ASSHPC device are ascribed to the multiple redox-active Ni
and Mn ions which lead to the supplemented number of redox reactions;
“electroactive-ion buffering pool”-like physiognomics
of Mn3O4/NiSe2–MnSe2, which facilitate the electrolyte ion dissemination to the electroactive
sites even at high rate redox condition; and ideal electro-microstructural
compatibility between the electrode materials, which leads to assisted
charge transfer and absolute ion dissemination during the charge-storage
process.