Abstract:
This work introduces the facile hydrothermal synthesis of double perovskite La
2CuCoO
6. X-ray diffraction pattern confirmed the formation of a monoclinic phase with
P12
1/
c1 symmetry. Transmission electron microscopy results revealed that the self-assembled porous rods were composed of nanocrystallite aggregates. The estimated specific surface area of these mesoporous rods with an average pore diameter of 6 nm was ~41 m
2·g
–1. The presence of ions with oxidation states of La
3+, Cu
2+, and Co
2+/Co
3+ on the surface of the mesoporous La
2CuCoO
6 rods was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis. Via cyclicvoltammetry and chronopotentiometry, the electrode fabricated from the mesoporous La
2CuCoO
6 rods were found to exhibit pseudocapacitive behavior with a specific capacitance of 259.4 F·g
–1 at a current density of 0.5 A·g
–1. An ~89% retention in specific capacitance was achieved after 1000 charge/discharge cycles at a constant current density of 4 A·g
–1.