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This present study was carried out to synthesize cobalt-doped and undoped titanium dioxide nanosized particles using sonochemical hydrolysis technique. The microstructure and morphological characteristics of the synthesized samples have been studied using X-ray diffractometer and high-resolution transmission electron microscope, respectively. The obtained results of characterization have confirmed the amorphous nature of the undoped sample. However, cobaltdoped titanium dioxide samples are in anatase phase. The obtained phase structure proposed the effect of acidity level during the hydrolysis process at relatively low temperature. Anatase phase is the predominant phase for the doped samples with small traces of brookite phase depending on the concentration of cobalt nitrate as the precursor salt in the hydrolysis process. The estimated crystallite sizes of the doped samples are ranging from 6.1 nm to 6.8 nm. The diffuse reflectance measurement revealed high near-infrared solar reflectance (R*), 85.3%, for amorphous nanosized titanium dioxide which is a white (non-coloured) sample. Moreover, cobalt-doped titanium dioxide, coloured samples, showed reasonable high values of R* with respect to their coloured feature and were found to be 53% and 51% for the synthesized samples at molecular weight percentage ratios between cobalt and titanium precursors; 5% and 10%, respectively.

Graphitic carbon nitride (G-C3N4) was synthesized through the direct combustion of urea in the air. The CoS-Co2O3/G-C3N4 composite was synthesized via the hydrothermal method of G-C3N4 using cobalt salts. The morphological and chemical structures were determined through XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM. XRD and XPS analyses confirmed the chemical structure, function groups, and elements percentage of the prepared nanocomposite. SEM measurements illustrated the formation of G-C3N4 sheets, as well as the flower shape of the CoS-Co2O3/G-C3N4 composite, evidenced through the formation of nano appendages over G-C3N4 sheets. TEM confirmed the 2D nanosheets of G-C3N4 with an average width and length of 80 nm and 170 nm, respectively. Two symmetric electrodes for the supercapacitor from the CoS-Co2O3/G-C3N4 composite. Electrochemical measurements were carried out to determine the charge/discharge, cyclic voltammetry, stability, and impedance of the prepared supercapacitor. The measurements were carried out under acid (0.5 M HCL) and basic (6.0 M NaOH) mediums. The charge and discharge lifetime values in the acid and base medium were 85 and 456 s, respectively. The cyclic voltammetry behavior was rectangular in a base medium for the pseudocapacitance feature. The supercapacitor had 100% stability retention up to 600 cycles; then, the stability decreased to 98.5% after 1000 cycles. The supercapacitor displayed a specific capacitance (CS) of 361 and 92 F/g, and an energy density equal to 28.7 and 30.2 W h kg−1 in the basic and acidic mediums, respectively. Our findings demonstrate the capabilities of supercapacitors to become an alternative solution to batteries, owing to their easy and low-cost manufacturing technique.

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Graphitic carbon nitride (G-C3N4) and NiS-NiO/G-C3N4 nanocomposite have been synthesized via combustion and hydrothermal techniques, respectively. The chemical and morphological properties of these materials were confirmed using different analytical methods. SEM confirms the formation of G-C3N4 sheets containing additional petal-like shapes of NiS-NiO nanoparticles. The electrochemical testing of NiS-NiO/G-C3N4 symmetric supercapacitors is carried out from 0.6 M HCl electrolyte. Such testing includes charge/discharge, cyclic voltammetry, impedance, and supercapacitor stability. The charge/discharge time reaches 790 s at 0.3 A/g, while the cyclic voltammetry curve forms under a high surface area. The produced specific capacitance (CS) and energy density values are 766 F/g and 23.55 W.h.kg−1, correspondingly.