The design and synthesis of innovative materials with
a specific
architecture are necessary to advance the supercapacitor industry.
Recently, transition metal selenides have been identified as an auspicious
type of material for energy storage devices due to their enormous
electronic conductivity and high theoretical capacitance. Consequently,
mono- and diselenides have been extensively investigated. Trimetallic
selenides, however, are infrequently reported, and their charge storage
mechanism is still not fully understood. Herein, earth-abundant trimetallic
Mn–V–Fe selenide (MVF-Se) is successfully fabricated
via a two-step hydrothermal approach. The chemical composition, structure,
and morphology of the as-synthesized material have been thoroughly
characterized. The electrochemical tests revealed that the MVF-Se
electrode possesses a high areal capacitance of 16,212.88 mF cm–2 at 1 mA cm–2 in the three-electrode
configuration. In addition, the assembled asymmetric supercapacitor
device by coupling MVF-Se and activated carbon as the positive and
negative electrodes, respectively, demonstrates a desirable 0.56 mWh
cm–2 energy density at a 1.0 mW cm–2 power density. After 17,000 charge/discharge cycles, the device
exhibits robust cyclic stability with a 95% capacitance retention.