A hierarchical cobalt carbonate hydroxide (CCH) nanostructure
with
outstanding electrochemical kinetics and structural stability for
energy storage is largely unknown. Herein, we report tin oxide-functionalized
CCH surface-enabled unique two-dimensional (2D) interlayered heterostructures
that promote high conductivity with more electroactive sites to maximize
redox reactions. A simple electrodeposition technique was utilized
to construct the hierarchical 2D CCH electrode, while a surface-reinforced
method was employed to fabricate the 2D interlayered SnO on CCH. The
fabricated SnO@CCH-8 electrode showed a maximum areal capacity of
720 mC cm–2 (specific capacitance of 515 F g–1) at a current density of 1 mA cm–2 in 3 M KOH electrolyte. The obtained results indicate that the synergetic
effect of SnO in the CCH network delivers an efficient charge transfer
pathway to achieve high-performance energy storage. Moreover, SnO@CCH-8//AC
was devised as a hybrid supercapacitor (HSC), ensuring a maximum specific
capacitance of 129 F g–1 and maximum specific energy
and power of 40.25 W h kg–1 and 9000 W kg–1, respectively, with better capacitance retention (94%) even beyond
10,000 cycles. To highlight the excellent performance in real-time
studies, the HSC was constructed using a coin cell and displayed to
power 21 light-emitting diodes (LEDs).