%0 Journal Article %@ 15726657 %A Ali, A. %A Ammar, M. %A Mukhtar, A. %A Ahmed, T. %A Ali, M. %A Waqas, M. %A Amin, M.N. %A Rasheed, A. %D 2020 %F scholars:13543 %I Elsevier B.V. %J Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry %K Activated carbon; Capacitance; Coremaking; Electric discharges; Electrochemical electrodes; Hydrothermal synthesis; Nanosheets; Nanowires; Potassium hydroxide; Shells (structures); Supercapacitor, Asymmetric supercapacitor; Electrochemical characteristics; Electrochemical performance; Energy density; Energy storage applications; Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis; Power densities; Supercapacitor electrodes, Nickel oxide %R 10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.113710 %T 3D NiO nanowires@NiO nanosheets core-shell structures grown on nickel foam for high performance supercapacitor electrode %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/13543/ %V 857 %X A 3D core-shell NiO nanowires@NiO nanosheets at nickel foam (NF) was synthesized by using two different synthesis processes. One was hydrothermal synthesis for core material and other was microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis for shell material. In 3 M KOH, a good electrochemical performance was shown by the as-prepared electrode in terms of specific capacitance (Cs) of 1782 F g� 1 at 1 A g� 1 with 70.33 retention of its initial capacitance after 7000 galvanic charge-discharge (GCD) cycles. An asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) was prepared using NiO nanowires@NiO nanosheets@NF as positive and activated carbon coated NF (AC@NF) as a negative electrode and showed Cs of 110 F g� 1 with retention of 79.9 of its initial capacitance after 5000 GCD cycles. ASC exhibited the highest energy and power density of 39.18 Wh kg� 1 (at 906.59 W kg� 1) and 12.25 kW kg� 1 (at 12.66 Wh kg� 1). The superior electrochemical characteristics owing to excellent synergistic effects associated with core-shell structure of NiO nanowires and nanosheets showed a great potential of core-shell NiO nanowires@NiO nanosheets@NF composite for energy storage applications. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. %Z cited By 33