Abstract:
The Fe
1−xNi
xVO
4 (where
x = 0, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20) nanoparticles in this work were successfully synthesized via a co-precipitation method. The structural, magnetic and electrochemical properties of the prepared Fe
1−xNi
xVO
4 nanoparticles were studied as a function of Ni content. The experimental results show that the prepared Ni-doped FeVO
4 samples have a triclinic structure. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images reveal a decrease in average nanoparticle size with increasing Ni content, leading to an enhancement in both specific surface area and magnetization values. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) analysis confirms the substitution of Ni
2+ ions into Fe
3+ sites. The magnetic investigation reveals that Ni-doped FeVO
4 exhibits weak ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature, in contrast to the antiferromagnetic behavior observed in the undoped FeVO
4. Electrochemical studies demonstrate that the Fe
0.95Ni
0.05VO
4 electrode achieves the highest specific capacitance of 334.05 F·g
−1 at a current density of 1 A·g
−1, which is attributed to its smallest average pore diameter. In addition, the enhanced specific surface of the Fe
0.8Ni
0.2VO
4 electrode is responsible for its outstanding cyclic stability. Overall, our results suggest that the magnetic and electrochemical properties of FeVO
4 nanoparticles could be effectively tuned by varying Ni doping contents.