The
presence of defect/distortion on layered structure of metal
chalcogenides facilitate the higher electronic conductivity and electrocatalytic
activity. In this work, we have successfully synthesized Co-doped
MoSe2(CoMoSe2, Co2MoSe2, Co3MoSe2, and Co4MoSe2) in 1T phase crystal structure by using hydrothermal technique and
integrated with graphene oxide (GO). Various analytical techniques
such as TEM, STEM, FESEM, XRD, RAMAN, EDX, ICP, and XPS confirmed
the formation of 1T phase and defective sites on Co-doped MoSe2. Consequently, the relevant electrochemical studies were
followed and reported the significant enhancement in electrocatalytic
activity of MoSe2 due to the Co doping and GO hybridization.
The proposed GO@CoMoSe2 electrocatalyst was developed to
an electrode material for electrochemical sensor and supercapacitor
applications. As expected, the GO@CoMoSe2 modified glassy
carbon electrode exhibited an excellent electrocatalytic activity
toward the sensing of Metol (LOD, 0.009 μM; sensitivity, 2.397
μA μM–1 cm–2). Meanwhile,
GO@CoMoSe2-coated nickel foam (NF) achieved feasible specific
capacity (431.47 C g–1). In addition, the GO@CoMoSe2//AC asymmetric device exhibited the feasible energy density
of 58.32 W h kg–1 at power density of 1800.25 W
kg–1. Thus, we concluded that the Co doping and
GO hybridization with MoSe2 provide the interesting idea
to find out the excellent electrocatalysts with improved electrochemical
performances toward the sensing and battery type supercapacitor applications.